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Fetters

Saṁyojanasutta

Five lower and five higher fetters.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.13Numbered Discourses 10.13
  • 0.22. Nāthavagga2. A Protector

0.3SaṁyojanasuttaFetters

1.1“Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, saṁyojanāni.“Mendicants, there are ten fetters.1.2Katamāni dasa?What ten?1.3Pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.The five lower fetters and the five higher fetters.1.4Katamāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni?What are the five lower fetters?1.5Sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbataparāmāso, kāmacchando, byāpādo—Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, sensual desire, and ill will.1.6imāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.These are the five lower fetters.

2.1Katamāni pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni?What are the five higher fetters?2.2Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṁ, avijjā—Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance.2.3imāni pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.These are the five higher fetters.2.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa saṁyojanānī”ti.These are the ten fetters.”

2.5Tatiyaṁ.