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Fetter

Saṁyojanasutta

The world is fettered by craving.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.64Linked Discourses 1.64
  • 0.27. Addhavagga7. Overcome

0.3SaṁyojanasuttaFetter

1.1“Kiṁsu saṁyojano loko,“What fetters the world?1.2kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;How does it travel about?11.3Kissassu vippahānena,With the giving up of what1.4nibbānaṁ iti vuccatī”ti.is extinguishment spoken of?”

2.1“Nandīsaṁyojano loko,“Delight fetters the world.2.2vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;It travels about by means of thought.2.3Taṇhāya vippahānena,With the giving up of craving2.4nibbānaṁ iti vuccatī”ti.extinguishment is spoken of.”

Translator’s notes

  1. The commentary here explains vicāraṇa as “feet”.

    ↩ sn1.64:1.2