Upādāniyasutta
Things Prone to Fuel Grasping
“Upādāniye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi upādānañca.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that fuel grasping, and the grasping.
Taṁ suṇātha.
Listen …
Katame ca, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, katamañca upādānaṁ?
What are the things that fuel grasping? And what is the grasping?
Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, upādāniyo dhammo.
The eye is something that’s prone to fuel grasping.
Yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ …pe…
The desire and greed for it is the grasping.
jivhā upādāniyo dhammo …pe…
The ear … nose … tongue … body …
mano upādāniyo dhammo.
mind is something that’s prone to fuel grasping.
Yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ.
The desire and greed for it is the grasping.
Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, idaṁ upādānan”ti.
These are called the things that fuel grasping, and this is the grasping.”
