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SN 27.10PTS SN 3.2341 min read

The Aggregates

Khandhasutta

Desire for five aggregates is a corruption of the mind, and letting go such desire one is able to realize the various kinds of direct knowledge.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 27.10Linked Discourses 27.10
  • 0.21. Kilesavagga1. Corruptions

0.3KhandhasuttaThe Aggregates

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso …pe… yo viññāṇasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso.“Mendicants, desire and greed for form, feeling, perception, choices, or consciousness is a corruption of the mind.1.3Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno imesu pañcasu ṭhānesu cetaso upakkileso pahīno hoti, nekkhammaninnañcassa cittaṁ hoti.When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these five cases, their mind inclines to renunciation.1.4Nekkhammaparibhāvitaṁ cittaṁ kammaniyaṁ khāyati, abhiññā sacchikaraṇīyesu dhammesū”ti.A mind imbued with renunciation is said to be fit for work regarding anything that can be realized by insight.”

1.5Dasamaṁ.

1.6Kilesavaggo paṭhamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1PTS 3.235Cakkhu rūpañca viññāṇaṁ,2.2phasso ca vedanāya ca;2.3Saññā ca cetanā taṇhā,2.4dhātu khandhena te dasāti.

2.5Kilesasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.The Linked Discourses on corruptions are complete.