Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.110
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 35.110
11. Yogakkhemivagga
11. Sanctuary from the Yoke
Upādāniyasutta
Things Prone to Being Grasped
“Upādāniye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi upādānañca.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that are prone to being grasped, and the grasping.
Taṁ suṇātha.
Listen …
Katame ca, bhikkhave, upādāniyā dhammā, katamañca upādānaṁ?
What are the things that are prone to being grasped? And what is the grasping?
Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, upādāniyo dhammo.
The eye is something that’s prone to being grasped.
Yo tattha chandarāgo, taṁ tattha upādānaṁ …pe…
The desire and greed for it is the grasping.
jivhā upādāniyo dhammo …pe…
The ear … nose … tongue … body …
mano upādāniyo dhammo.
mind is something that’s prone to being grasped.
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 are prone to being grasped, and this is the grasping.”
Sattamaṁ.