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Translators: sujato

Linked Discourses 50.45–54

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 pañca balāni bhāvetabbāni.
The five powers should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.

Katamāni pañca?
What five?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu, saddhābalaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,
It’s when a mendicant develops the powers of faith,

vīriyabalaṁ …pe…
energy,

satibalaṁ …
mindfulness,

samādhibalaṁ …
immersion,

paññābalaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.
and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya imāni pañca balāni bhāvetabbānī”ti.
These five powers should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”

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