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Numbered Discourses · AN 8.17

  • Numbered Discourses 8.17Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.17
  • 2. The Great Chapter2. Mahāvagga

Catching (1st)Paṭhamabandhanasutta

“Mendicants, a woman catches a man using eight features.“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati. What eight?Katamehi aṭṭhahi? With weeping,Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; laughing,hasitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; speaking,bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; appearance,ākappena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; gifts of wildflowers,vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; scents,gandhena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; tastes,rasena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati; and touches.phassena, bhikkhave, itthī purisaṁ bandhati. A woman catches a man using these eight features.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi itthī purisaṁ bandhati. But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.”Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhā”ti.

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