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Things That Tighten Fetters

Saṁyojaniyasutta

The interior sense fields 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 35.109Linked Discourses 35.109
  • 0.211. Yogakkhemivagga11. Sanctuary from the Yoke

0.3SaṁyojaniyasuttaThings That Tighten Fetters

1.1PTS 4.89“Saṁyojaniye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi saṁyojanañca.“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that tighten the fetters, and the fetter.11.2Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.3Katame ca, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyā dhammā, katamañca saṁyojanaṁ?What are the things that tighten the fetters? And what is the fetter?1.4Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyo dhammo.The eye is something that tightens the fetters.1.5Yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ …pe…The desire and greed for it is the fetter.

1.6jivhā saṁyojaniyo dhammo …pe…The ear … nose … tongue … body …1.7mano saṁyojaniyo dhammo.mind is something that tightens the fetters.1.8Yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ.The desire and greed for it is the fetter.1.9Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyā dhammā, idaṁ saṁyojanan”ti.These are called the things that tighten the fetters, and this is the fetter.”

1.10Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This disourse and the next parallel SN 22.120–21.

    ↩ sn35.109:1.1