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Things That Fuel Grasping

Upādāniyadhammasutta

The exterior 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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.123Linked Discourses 35.123
  • 0.212. Lokakāmaguṇavagga12. The World and the Kinds of Sensual Stimulation

0.3UpādāniyadhammasuttaThings 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?1.4Santi, bhikkhave, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.1.5Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā.These are called the things that fuel grasping.1.6Yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ …pe…The desire and greed for them is the grasping.

1.7santi, bhikkhave, jivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe…There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …1.8santi, bhikkhave, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.1.9Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā.These are called the things that fuel grasping.1.10Yo tattha chandarāgo taṁ tattha upādānan”ti.The desire and greed for them is the grasping.”

1.11Dasamaṁ.

1.12Lokakāmaguṇavaggo dutiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Mārapāsena dve vuttā,2.2lokakāmaguṇena ca;2.3Sakko pañcasikho ceva,2.4sāriputto ca rāhulo;2.5Saṁyojanaṁ upādānaṁ,2.6vaggo tena pavuccatīti.