Numbered Discourses 9.67 7. Mindfulness Meditation Lower Fetters (AN9.67)

1.1

“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, orambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.

“Mendicants, there are five lower fetters.

1.2

Katamāni pañca?

What five?

1.3

Sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbataparāmāso, kāmacchando, byāpādo—

Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, sensual desire, and ill will.

1.4

imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.

These are the five lower fetters.

2.1

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ pahānāya …pe… ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.

To give up these five lower fetters you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. …”

2.2

Pañcamaṁ.