• Linked Discourses 27.10 Saṁyutta Nikāya 27.10
  • 1. Corruptions 1. Kilesavagga

The Aggregates Khandhasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

ā€œMendicants, desire and greed for form, feeling, perception, choices, or consciousness is a corruption of the mind. ā€œYo, bhikkhave, rÅ«pasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso …pe… yo viññāṇasmiṁ chandarāgo, cittasseso upakkileso. When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these five cases, their mind inclines to renunciation. Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno imesu paƱcasu į¹­hānesu cetaso upakkileso pahÄ«no hoti, nekkhammaninnaƱcassa cittaṁ hoti. A mind imbued with renunciation is declared to be capable of directly knowing anything that can be realized.ā€ Nekkhammaparibhāvitaṁ cittaṁ kammaniyaṁ khāyati, abhiƱƱā sacchikaraṇīyesu dhammesÅ«ā€ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Kilesavaggo paį¹­hamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Cakkhu rÅ«paƱca viññāṇaṁ, phasso ca vedanāya ca; SaƱƱā ca cetanā taṇhā, dhātu khandhena te dasāti.

The Linked Discourses on corruptions are complete. Kilesasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.