Sanctuary from the YokeYogakkhemisutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I will teach you an exposition of the teaching, an explanation of one who has found sanctuary from the yoke.“Yogakkhemipariyāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, dhammapariyāyaṁ desessāmi. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha.

And what is an exposition of the teaching, an explanation of one who has found sanctuary from the yoke?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, yogakkhemipariyāyo dhammapariyāyo?

There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.Santi, bhikkhave, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā. The Realized One has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.Te tathāgatassa pahīnā ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā. He teaches yoking oneself to meditation for giving them up. That’s why the Realized One is called one who has found sanctuary from the yoke. …Tesañca pahānāya akkhāsi yogaṁ, tasmā tathāgato ‘yogakkhemī’ti vuccati …pe…

There are ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.santi, bhikkhave, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā. The Realized One has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.Te tathāgatassa pahīnā ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā. He teaches yoking oneself to meditation for giving them up. That’s why the Realized One is called one who has found sanctuary from the yoke.Tesañca pahānāya akkhāsi yogaṁ, tasmā tathāgato ‘yogakkhemī’ti vuccati.

This is an exposition of the teaching, an explanation of one who has found sanctuary from the yoke.”Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yogakkhemipariyāyo dhammapariyāyo”ti.