- Linked Discourses 50.45ā54 Saį¹yutta NikÄya 50.45ā54
- 5. Floods 5. Oghavagga
Floods, Etc. OghÄdisutta
āMendicants, there are five higher fetters. āPaƱcimÄni, bhikkhave, uddhambhÄgiyÄni saį¹yojanÄni. What five? KatamÄni paƱca? Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance. RÅ«parÄgo, arÅ«parÄgo, mÄno, uddhaccaį¹, avijjÄāThese are the five higher fetters. imÄni kho, bhikkhave, paƱcuddhambhÄgiyÄni saį¹yojanÄni.
The five powers should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters. Imesaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, paƱcannaį¹ uddhambhÄgiyÄnaį¹ saį¹yojanÄnaį¹ abhiƱƱÄya pariƱƱÄya parikkhayÄya pahÄnÄya paƱca balÄni bhÄvetabbÄni. What five? KatamÄni paƱca? Itās when a mendicant develops the powers of faith, Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu, saddhÄbalaį¹ bhÄveti vivekanissitaį¹ virÄganissitaį¹ nirodhanissitaį¹ vossaggapariį¹Ämiį¹, energy, vÄ«riyabalaį¹ ā¦pe⦠mindfulness, satibalaṠ⦠immersion, samÄdhibalaṠ⦠and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. paƱƱÄbalaį¹ bhÄveti vivekanissitaį¹ virÄganissitaį¹ nirodhanissitaį¹ vossaggapariį¹Ämiį¹.
These five powers should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.ā Imesaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, paƱcannaį¹ uddhambhÄgiyÄnaį¹ saį¹yojanÄnaį¹ abhiƱƱÄya pariƱƱÄya parikkhayÄya pahÄnÄya imÄni paƱca balÄni bhÄvetabbÄnÄ«āti.
(Tell in full as in SN 45.171ā179, with the above as the final discourse.) (Evaį¹ vitthÄretabbÄ.)
