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Translators: sujato

Linked Discourses 49.45–54

5. Oghavagga
5. Floods

Oghādisutta

Floods, Etc.

“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, uddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.
“Mendicants, there are five higher fetters.

Katamāni pañca?
What five?

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 kho, bhikkhave, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.
These are the five higher fetters.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya cattāro sammappadhānā bhāvetabbā.
The four right efforts should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.

Katame cattāro?
What four?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ …pe…
It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise. …

uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.
so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are completed by development.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya ime cattāro sammappadhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.
These four right efforts should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”

(Vitthāretabbā.)
(Tell in full as in SN 45.171–179, with the above as the final discourse.)

Dasamaṁ.

Oghavaggo pañcamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Ogho yogo upādānaṁ,
Floods, yokes, grasping,

ganthā anusayena ca;
ties, and underlying tendencies,

Kāmaguṇā nīvaraṇā,
kinds of sensual stimulation, hindrances,

khandhā oruddhambhāgiyāti.
aggregates, and fetters high and low.

Sammappadhānasaṁyuttaṁ pañcamaṁ.
The Linked Discourses on the Right Efforts is the fifth section.