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SN 53.45–541 min read

Floods

Oghavagga

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 53.45–54Linked Discourses 53.45–54
  • 0.25. Oghavagga5. Floods

0.3OghādisuttaFloods, etc.

1.1PTS 5.310“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 cattāro jhānā bhāvetabbā.The four absorptions should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.1.6Katame cattāro?What four?1.7Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when a mendicant enters and remains in the first absorption …1.8Vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe…second absorption …1.9tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe…third absorption …1.10catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.fourth absorption.1.11Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya ime cattāro jhānā bhāvetabbā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.These four absorptions should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”

1.12(Yathā maggasaṁyuttaṁ tathā vitthāretabbaṁ.)(Tell in full as in the Linked Discourses on the Path at SN 45.171–180.)

1.13Oghavaggo pañcamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Ogho yogo upādānaṁ,Floods, yokes, grasping,2.2ganthā anusayena ca;ties, and underlying tendencies,2.3Kāmaguṇā nīvaraṇā,kinds of sensual stimulation, hindrances,2.4khandhā oruddhambhāgiyāti.aggregates, and fetters high and low.

2.5Jhānasaṁyuttaṁ navamaṁ.The Linked Discourses on Absorption, the ninth section.