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Linked Discourses · SN 22.120

  • Linked Discourses 22.120Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.120
  • 12. A Dhamma speaker12. Dhammakathikavagga

Things That Tighten FettersSaṁyojaniyasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that tighten the fetters, and the fetter.“Saṁyojaniye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi saṁyojanañca. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha.

What are the things that tighten the fetters? And what is the fetter?Katame ca, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyā dhammā, katamaṁ saṁyojanaṁ?

Form is something that tightens the fetters.Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyo dhammo; The desire and greed for it is the fetter.yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ.

Feeling …Vedanā …pe…

Perception …saññā …

Choices …saṅkhārā …

Consciousness is something that tightens the fetters.viññāṇaṁ saṁyojaniyo dhammo; The desire and greed for it is the fetter.yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ.

These are called the things that tighten the fetters, and this is the fetter.”Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyā dhammā, idaṁ saṁyojanan”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.109 Things That Tighten Fetters 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.109 11. Sanctuary from the Yoke Things That Tighten Fetters “Mendicants, I will teach you the things that tighten the fetters, and the fetter. Listen … What are the things that tighten the fetters? A…
  2. SN 35.122 Things That Tighten Fetters 0.74near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.122 12. The World and the Kinds of Sensual Stimulation Things That Tighten Fetters “Mendicants, I will teach you the things that tighten the fetters, and the fetter. Listen … What are the things that…
  3. SN 46.29 One Thing 0.57near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.29 3. With Udāyī One Thing “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that, when it is developed and cultivated like this, leads to giving up the things that tighten the fetters like the seven awakenin…
  4. SN 41.1 The Fetter 0.51near 0.1Linked Discourses 41.1 1. With Citta The Fetter At one time several senior mendicants were staying near Macchikāsaṇḍa in the Wild Mango Grove. Now at that time, after the meal, on return from almsround, several senior me…