- Numbered Discourses 8.18Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.18
- 2. The Great Chapter2. Mahāvagga
Catching (2nd)Dutiyabandhanasutta
“Mendicants, a man catches a woman using eight features.“Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati. What eight?Katamehi aṭṭhahi? With weeping,Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; laughing,hasitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; speaking,bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; appearance,ākappena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; gifts of wildflowers,vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; scents,gandhena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; tastes,rasena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; and touches.phassena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati. A man catches a woman using these eight features.Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati. But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.”Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhā”ti.