SN 22:120 · Fetters (Saññojana Sutta)
Near Sāvatthi. There the Blessed One said, “Monks, I will teach you the phenomena that are conducive to fettering and the fetter. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak.”
“As you say, lord, the monks responded to him.
The Blessed One said, “And which are the phenomena conducive to fettering? And which is the fetter?
“Form, monks, is a phenomenon conducive to fettering. Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the fetter there.
“Feeling is a phenomenon conducive to fettering. Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the fetter there.
“Perception is a phenomenon conducive to fettering. Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the fetter there.
“Fabrications are phenomena conducive to fettering. Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the fetter there.
“Consciousness is a phenomenon conducive to fettering. Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the fetter there.
“These are called the phenomena conducive to fettering. This is the fetter.”
See also: SN 22:121; SN 35:109; SN 35:191
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
