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SN 45.179PTS SN 5.611 min read

Lower Fetters

Orambhāgiyasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.179Linked Discourses 45.179
  • 0.214. Oghavagga14. Floods

0.3OrambhāgiyasuttaLower Fetters

1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.“Mendicants, there are five lower fetters.11.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbataparāmāso, kāmacchando, byāpādo—Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, sensual desire, and ill will.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.These are the five lower fetters.

1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ 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 five lowers fetters.”

1.6Navamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The fetters are abandoned through the progressive stages of the path (eg. SN 55.8).

    ↩ sn45.179:1.1