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Yokes

Yogasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.172Linked Discourses 45.172
  • 0.214. Oghavagga14. Floods

0.3YogasuttaYokes

1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, yogā.“Mendicants, there are these four yokes.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Kāmayogo, bhavayogo, diṭṭhiyogo avijjāyogo—The yokes of sensual pleasures, future lives, views, and ignorance.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro yogā.These are the four yokes.

1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ yogānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya …pe… ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo”ti.The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four yokes.”

1.6Dutiyaṁ.