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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN46: Connected Discourses on the Factors of Enlightenment

SN46:130 Higher Fetters

1"Bhikkhus, there are these five higher fetters. What five? Lust for form, lust for the formless, conceit, restlessness, sn.v.137 ignorance. These are the five higher fetters. The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed for direct knowledge of these five higher fetters, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning.

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, uddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni. Katamāni pañca? Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṁ, avijjā – imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvetabbā.

"What seven? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness … he develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release. These seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed for direct knowledge of these five higher fetters, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning."

Katame satta? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ … pe … upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ … amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ … nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ. Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya ime satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvetabbā"ti.

Dasamaṁ.
Oghavaggo terasamo.



2Floods, bonds, kinds of clinging,
Knots, and underlying tendencies,
Cords of sensual pleasure, hindrances,
Aggregates, fetters lower and higher.

Removal of Lust Version

2Ogho yogo upādānaṁ,
Ganthā anusayena ca;
Kāmaguṇā nīvaraṇā,
Khandhā oruddhambhāgiyānīti.