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Things That Fuel Grasping

Upādāniyasutta

The interior sense fields are the things that are graspable, the craving is the grasping.

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

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0.3UpādāniyasuttaThings That Fuel Grasping

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

1.3Katame ca, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, katamañca upādānaṁ?What are the things that fuel grasping? And what is the grasping?1.4Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, upādāniyo dhammo.The eye is something that fuels grasping.1.5Yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ …pe…The desire and greed for it is the grasping.

1.6jivhā upādāniyo dhammo …pe…The ear … nose … tongue … body …1.7mano upādāniyo dhammo.mind is something that fuels grasping.1.8Yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ.The desire and greed for it is the grasping.1.9Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, idaṁ upādānan”ti.These are called the things that fuel grasping, and this is the grasping.”

1.10Sattamaṁ.