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Higher Fetters

Uddhambhāgiyasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.180Linked Discourses 45.180
  • 0.214. Oghavagga14. Floods

0.3UddhambhāgiyasuttaHigher Fetters

1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, uddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.“Mendicants, there are five higher fetters.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṁ, avijjā—Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.These are the five higher fetters.

1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.1.6Katamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?What is the noble eightfold path?1.7Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.

1.8Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabboti.This is the noble eightfold path that should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”

2.1PTS 5.62Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, uddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.“Mendicants, there are five higher fetters.2.2Katamāni pañca?What five?2.3Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṁ, avijjā—Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance.2.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.These are the five higher fetters.

2.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.2.6Katamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?What is the noble eightfold path?2.7Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ …It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion …”2.8amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ …“… whose objective, destination, and culmination is freedom from death …”2.9nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ.“… which slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment.

2.10Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo”ti.This is the noble eightfold path that should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”

2.11Dasamaṁ.

2.12Oghavaggo aṭṭhamo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Ogho yogo upādānaṁ,3.2ganthaṁ anusayena ca;3.3Kāmaguṇā nīvaraṇaṁ,3.4khandhā oruddhambhāgiyāti.

4.0vagguddānaṁ

4.1Avijjāvaggo paṭhamo,4.2dutiyaṁ vihāraṁ vuccati;4.3Micchattaṁ tatiyo vaggo,4.4catutthaṁ paṭipanneneva.

5.1Titthiyaṁ pañcamo vaggo,5.2chaṭṭho sūriyena ca;5.3Bahukate sattamo vaggo,5.4uppādo aṭṭhamena ca.

6.1Divasavaggo navamo,6.2Dasamo appamādena ca;6.3Ekādasabalavaggo,6.4Dvādasa esanā pāḷiyaṁ;6.5Oghavaggo bhavati terasāti.

6.6Maggasaṁyuttaṁ paṭhamaṁ.The Linked Discourses on the Path, the first section.