{"id":"sn12.53","title":"Fetters","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn12.53","title":"Fetters","units":[{"id":"sn12.53:0","sourceIds":["sn12.53:0.1","sn12.53:0.2","sn12.53:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.53\n6. Dukkhavagga\nSaṁyojanasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 12.53\n6. Suffering\nFetters"}},{"id":"sn12.53:1","sourceIds":["sn12.53:1.1","sn12.53:1.2","sn12.53:1.3","sn12.53:1.4","sn12.53:1.5","sn12.53:1.6","sn12.53:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Saṁyojaniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.\nTaṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ;\nupādānapaccayā bhavo;\nbhavapaccayā jāti;\njātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“There are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.\nCraving is a requirement for grasping.\nGrasping is a requirement for continued existence.\nContinued existence is a requirement for rebirth.\nRebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering originates."}},{"id":"sn12.53:2","sourceIds":["sn12.53:2.1","sn12.53:2.2","sn12.53:2.3","sn12.53:2.4","sn12.53:2.5","sn12.53:2.6","sn12.53:2.7","sn12.53:2.8","sn12.53:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, telañca paṭicca vaṭṭiñca paṭicca telappadīpo jhāyeyya.\nTatra puriso kālena kālaṁ telaṁ āsiñceyya vaṭṭiṁ upasaṁhareyya.\nEvañhi so, bhikkhave, telappadīpo tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ jaleyya.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.\nTaṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ;\nupādānapaccayā bhavo;\nbhavapaccayā jāti;\njātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.","en":"Suppose an oil lamp depended on oil and a wick to burn.\nAnd from time to time someone would pour oil in and adjust the wick.\nFed and fuelled by that, the oil lamp would burn for a long time.\nIn the same way, there are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.\nCraving is a requirement for grasping.\nGrasping is a requirement for continued existence.\nContinued existence is a requirement for rebirth.\nRebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering originates."}},{"id":"sn12.53:3","sourceIds":["sn12.53:3.1","sn12.53:3.2","sn12.53:3.3","sn12.53:3.4","sn12.53:3.5","sn12.53:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyojaniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.\nTaṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho;\nupādānanirodhā bhavanirodho;\nbhavanirodhā jātinirodho;\njātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.","en":"There are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.\nWhen craving ceases, grasping ceases.\nWhen grasping ceases, continued existence ceases.\nWhen continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases.\nWhen rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases."}},{"id":"sn12.53:4","sourceIds":["sn12.53:4.1","sn12.53:4.2","sn12.53:4.3","sn12.53:4.4","sn12.53:4.5","sn12.53:4.6","sn12.53:4.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, telañca paṭicca vaṭṭiñca paṭicca telappadīpo jhāyeyya.\nTatra puriso na kālena kālaṁ telaṁ āsiñceyya na vaṭṭiṁ upasaṁhareyya.\nEvañhi so, bhikkhave, telappadīpo purimassa ca upādānassa pariyādānā aññassa ca anupahārā anāhāro nibbāyeyya.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.\nTaṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"Suppose an oil lamp depended on oil and a wick to burn.\nAnd no one would pour oil in and adjust the wick from time to time.\nAs the original fuel is used up and no more is added, the oil lamp would be extinguished due to not being fed.\nIn the same way, there are things that tighten the fetters. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.\nWhen craving ceases, grasping ceases. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.53/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}