Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.121
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 22.121
12. Dhammakathikavagga
12. A Dhamma speaker
Upādāniyasutta
Things Prone to Fuel Grasping
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Upādāniye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi upādānañca.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that fuel grasping, and the grasping.
Taṁ suṇātha.
Listen …
Katame ca, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, katamaṁ upādānaṁ?
What are the things that fuel grasping? And what is the grasping?
Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, upādāniyo dhammo,
Form is something that’s prone to fuel grasping.
yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ.
The desire and greed for it is the grasping.
Vedanā …pe…
Feeling …
saññā …
Perception …
saṅkhārā …
Choices …
viññāṇaṁ upādāniyo dhammo;
Consciousness is something that’s prone to fuel grasping.
yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ.
The desire and greed for it is the grasping.
Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, idaṁ upādānan”ti.
These are called the things that fuel grasping, and this is the grasping.”
Navamaṁ.