Saṁyojanasutta

Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.13

Numbered Discourses 10.13

2. Nāthavagga

2. A Protector

Saṁyojanasutta

Fetters

“Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, saṁyojanāni.

“Mendicants, there are ten fetters.

Katamāni dasa?

What ten?

Pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.

The five lower fetters and the five higher fetters.

Katamāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni?

What are the five lower fetters?

Sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbataparāmāso, kāmacchando, byāpādo—

Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, sensual desire, and ill will.

imāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.

These are the five lower fetters.

Katamāni pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni?

What are the five higher fetters?

Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṁ, avijjā—

Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance.

imāni pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.

These are the five higher fetters.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa saṁyojanānī”ti.

These are the ten fetters.”

Tatiyaṁ.