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SN 22.120PTS SN 3.1661 min read

Things That Tighten Fetters

Saṁyojaniyasutta

The aggregates are the things that fetter, the craving is the fetter.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.120Linked Discourses 22.120
  • 0.212. Dhammakathikavagga12. A Dhamma speaker

0.3SaṁyojaniyasuttaThings That Tighten Fetters

1.1PTS 3.167Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Saṁyojaniye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi saṁyojanañca.“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that tighten the fetters, and the fetter.1.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katame ca, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyā dhammā, katamaṁ saṁyojanaṁ?What are the things that tighten the fetters? And what is the fetter?

1.5Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyo dhammo;Form is something that tightens the fetters.1.6yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ.The desire and greed for it is the fetter.

1.7Vedanā …pe…Feeling …

1.8saññā …Perception …

1.9saṅkhārā …Choices …

1.10viññāṇaṁ saṁyojaniyo dhammo;Consciousness is something that tightens the fetters.1.11yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ.The desire and greed for it is the fetter.

1.12Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyā dhammā, idaṁ saṁyojanan”ti.These are called the things that tighten the fetters, and this is the fetter.”

1.13Aṭṭhamaṁ.