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SN 22.121PTS SN 3.1671 min read

Things That Fuel Grasping

Upādāniyasutta

The aggregates are the things that are graspable, the craving is the grasping.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.121Linked Discourses 22.121
  • 0.212. Dhammakathikavagga12. A Dhamma speaker

0.3UpādāniyasuttaThings That Fuel Grasping

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Upādāniye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi upādānañca.“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that fuel grasping, and the grasping.11.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katame ca, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, katamaṁ upādānaṁ?What are the things that fuel grasping? And what is the grasping?

1.5Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, upādāniyo dhammo,Form is something that fuels grasping.1.6yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ.The desire and greed for it is the grasping.

1.7Vedanā …pe…Feeling …

1.8saññā …Perception …

1.9saṅkhārā …Choices …

1.10viññāṇaṁ upādāniyo dhammo;Consciousness is something that fuels grasping.1.11yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ.The desire and greed for it is the grasping.

1.12Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, idaṁ upādānan”ti.These are called the things that fuel grasping, and this is the grasping.”

1.13Navamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. See SN 22.48 and notes.

    ↩ sn22.121:1.2