True DhammaLibrary · Community
SN 35.55PTS SN 4.311 min read

Uprooting the Fetters

Saṁyojanasamugghātasutta

A mendicant asks the Buddha how to see so as to uproot the fetters. The Buddha says one should see the six interior and exterior sense fields as not-self.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.55Linked Discourses 35.55
  • 0.26. Avijjāvagga6. Ignorance

0.3SaṁyojanasamugghātasuttaUprooting the Fetters

1.1PTS 4.32“Kathaṁ nu kho, bhante, jānato, kathaṁ passato saṁyojanā samugghātaṁ gacchantī”ti?“Sir, how does one know and see so that the fetters are uprooted?”

1.2“Cakkhuṁ kho, bhikkhu, anattato jānato passato saṁyojanā samugghātaṁ gacchanti.“Mendicant, knowing and seeing the eye as not-self, the fetters are uprooted …”11.3Rūpe anattato …1.4cakkhuviññāṇaṁ …1.5cakkhusamphassaṁ …1.6yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattato jānato passato saṁyojanā samugghātaṁ gacchanti.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 anattato jānato passato saṁyojanā samugghātaṁ gacchanti.1.16Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, jānato evaṁ passato saṁyojanā samugghātaṁ gacchantī”ti.

1.17Tatiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Throughout this section, only anicca and anattā are mentioned. Parallel passages with dukkha may have been lost to abbreviation. Each of the characteristics includes the others, but they are taught according to the inclination of the meditator.

    ↩ sn35.55:1.2