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Grasping

Upādānasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.173Linked Discourses 45.173
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0.3UpādānasuttaGrasping

1.1“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, upādānāni.“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of grasping.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Kāmupādānaṁ, diṭṭhupādānaṁ, sīlabbatupādānaṁ, attavādupādānaṁ—Grasping at sensual pleasures, views, precepts and observances, and theories of a self.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri upādānāni.These are the four kinds of grasping.

1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ upādānānaṁ 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 kinds of grasping.”

1.6Tatiyaṁ.