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Linked Discourses · SN 38.12

  • Linked Discourses 38.12Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.12
  • 1. With Jambukhādaka1. Jambukhādakavagga

A Question About GraspingUpādānapañhāsutta

“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘grasping’.“‘Upādānaṁ, upādānan’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. What is grasping?”Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, upādānan”ti?

“Reverend, there are these four kinds of grasping.“Cattārimāni, āvuso, upādānāni. Grasping at sensual pleasures, views, precepts and observances, and theories of a self.Kāmupādānaṁ, diṭṭhupādānaṁ sīlabbatupādānaṁ, attavādupādānaṁ— These are the four kinds of grasping.”imāni kho, āvuso, cattāri upādānānī”ti.

“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for completely understanding these four kinds of grasping?”“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etesaṁ upādānānaṁ pahānāyā”ti?

“There is.” …“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etesaṁ upādānānaṁ pahānāyā”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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