Linked Discourses 22.120 12. A Dhamma speaker Things That Tighten Fetters (SN22.120)

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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“Saṁyojaniye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi saṁyojanañca.

“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that tighten the fetters, and the fetter.

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Taṁ suṇātha.

Listen …

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Katame ca, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyā dhammā, katamaṁ saṁyojanaṁ?

What are the things that tighten the fetters? And what is the fetter?

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Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyo dhammo;

Form is something that tightens the fetters.

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yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ.

The desire and greed for it is the fetter.

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Vedanā …pe…

Feeling …

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saññā …

Perception …

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saṅkhārā …

Choices …

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viññāṇaṁ saṁyojaniyo dhammo;

Consciousness is something that tightens the fetters.

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yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ.

The desire and greed for it is the fetter.

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Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyā dhammā, idaṁ saṁyojanan”ti.

These are called the things that tighten the fetters, and this is the fetter.”

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Aṭṭhamaṁ.