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Giving Up Fetters

Saṁyojanappahānasutta

A mendicant asks the Buddha how to see so as to give up the fetters. The Buddha says one should see the six interior and exterior sense fields as impermanent.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.54Linked Discourses 35.54
  • 0.26. Avijjāvagga6. Ignorance

0.3SaṁyojanappahānasuttaGiving Up Fetters

1.1“Kathaṁ nu kho, bhante, jānato, kathaṁ passato, saṁyojanā pahīyantī”ti?“Sir, how does one know and see so that the fetters are given up?”1

1.2“Cakkhuṁ kho, bhikkhu, aniccato jānato passato saṁyojanā pahīyanti.“Mendicant, knowing and seeing the eye as impermanent, the fetters are given up …”1.3Rūpe …1.4cakkhuviññāṇaṁ …1.5cakkhusamphassaṁ …1.6yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccato jānato passato saṁyojanā pahīyanti.1.7Sotaṁ …1.8ghānaṁ …1.9jivhaṁ …1.10kāyaṁ …1.11manaṁ …1.12dhamme …1.13manoviññāṇaṁ …1.14manosamphassaṁ …1.15yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccato jānato passato saṁyojanā pahīyanti.1.16Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, jānato evaṁ passato saṁyojanā pahīyantī”ti.

1.17Dutiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The five lower (SN 45.179) and higher (SN 45.180) fetters.

    ↩ sn35.54:1.1