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AN 9.72PTS AN 4.461Cetasovinibandha1 min read

Shackles of the Heart

Cetasovinibandhasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.72Numbered Discourses 9.72
  • 0.27. Satipaṭṭhānavagga7. Mindfulness Meditation

0.3CetasovinibandhasuttaShackles of the Heart

1.1PTS 4.461“Pañcime, bhikkhave, cetasovinibandhā.“Mendicants, there are these five shackles of the heart.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāmesu avītarāgo hoti avigatacchando avigatapemo avigatapipāso avigatapariḷāho avigatataṇho.Firstly, a mendicant isn’t free of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for sensual pleasures.1.4Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāmesu avītarāgo hoti avigatacchando avigatapemo avigatapipāso avigatapariḷāho avigatataṇho, tassa cittaṁ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya.This being so, their mind doesn’t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving.1.5Yassa cittaṁ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya, ayaṁ paṭhamo cetasovinibandho.This is the first shackle of the heart.

2.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye avītarāgo hoti …pe…Furthermore, a mendicant isn’t free of greed for the body …2.2rūpe avītarāgo hoti …They’re not free of greed for form …2.3yāvadatthaṁ udarāvadehakaṁ bhuñjitvā seyyasukhaṁ passasukhaṁ middhasukhaṁ anuyutto viharati …They eat as much as they like until their belly is full, then indulge in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing …2.4aññataraṁ devanikāyaṁ paṇidhāya brahmacariyaṁ carati: ‘imināhaṁ sīlena vā vatena vā tapena vā brahmacariyena vā devo vā bhavissāmi devaññataro vā’ti.They lead the spiritual life wishing to be reborn in one of the orders of gods: ‘By this precept or observance or fervent austerity or spiritual practice, may I become one of the gods!’2.5Yo so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aññataraṁ devanikāyaṁ paṇidhāya brahmacariyaṁ carati: ‘imināhaṁ sīlena vā vatena vā tapena vā brahmacariyena vā devo vā bhavissāmi devaññataro vā’ti, tassa cittaṁ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya.This being so, their mind doesn’t incline toward keenness, commitment, persistence, and striving.2.6Yassa cittaṁ na namati ātappāya anuyogāya sātaccāya padhānāya, ayaṁ pañcamo cetasovinibandho.This is the fifth shackle of the heart.2.7Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca cetasovinibandhā.These are the five shackles of the heart.

3.1Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ cetasovinibandhānaṁ pahānāya cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā.To give up these five shackles of the heart you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.3.2Katame cattāro?What four?3.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.3.4vedanāsu …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …3.5citte …They meditate observing an aspect of the mind …3.6dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.They meditate observing an aspect of principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.3.7Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ cetasovinibandhānaṁ pahānāya ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.To give up these five shackles of the heart you should develop these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”

3.8Dasamaṁ.

3.9Satipaṭṭhānavaggo dutiyo.

4.0Tassuddānaṁ

4.1PTS 4.462Sikkhā nīvaraṇākāmā,4.2Khandhā ca orambhāgiyā gati;4.3Maccheraṁ uddhambhāgiyā aṭṭhamaṁ,4.4Cetokhilā vinibandhāti.