SN 45.180 — Higher Fetters

“Mendicants, there are five higher fetters. What five? Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance. These are the five higher fetters. The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters. What is the noble eightfold path? It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go. This is the noble eightfold path that should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.” “Mendicants, there are five higher fetters. What five? Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance. These are the five higher fetters. The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters. What is the noble eightfold path? It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion …” “… whose objective, destination, and culmination is freedom from death …” “… which slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment. This is the noble eightfold path that should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.” The Linked Discourses on the Path, the first section. Linked Discourses on the Awakening Factors Contents The Chapter on Mountains SN 46.1 The Himalaya Himavantasutta SN 46.2 The Body Kāyasutta SN 46.3 Ethics Sīlasutta SN 46.4 Clothes Vatthasutta SN 46.5 A Monk Bhikkhusutta SN 46.6 Kuṇḍaliya Kuṇḍaliyasutta SN 46.7 A Bungalow Kūṭāgārasutta SN 46.8 With Upavāṇa Upavānasutta SN 46.9 Arisen (1st) Paṭhamauppannasutta SN 46.10 Arisen (2nd) Dutiyauppannasutta The Chapter on Sick SN 46.11 Living Creatures Pāṇasutta SN 46.12 The Simile of the Sun (1st) Paṭhamasūriyūpamasutta SN 46.13 The Simile of the Sun (2nd) Dutiyasūriyūpamasutta SN 46.14 Sick (1st) Paṭhamagilānasutta SN 46.15 Sick (2nd) Dutiyagilānasutta SN 46.16 Sick (3rd) Tatiyagilānasutta SN 46.17 Going to the Far Shore Pāraṅgamasutta SN 46.18 Missed Out Viraddhasutta SN 46.19 Noble Ariyasutta SN 46.20 Disillusionment Nibbidāsutta The Chapter with Udāyī SN 46.21 To Awakening Bodhāyasutta SN 46.22 A Teaching on the Awakening Factors Bojjhaṅgadesanāsutta SN 46.23 Grounds Ṭhāniyasutta SN 46.24 Irrational Application of Mind Ayonisomanasikārasutta SN 46.25 Non-decline Aparihāniyasutta SN 46.26 The Ending of Craving Taṇhakkhayasutta SN 46.27 The Cessation of Craving Taṇhānirodhasutta SN 46.28 Helping Penetration Nibbedhabhāgiyasutta SN 46.29 One Thing Ekadhammasutta SN 46.30 With Udāyī Udāyisutta The Chapter on Hindrances SN 46.31 Skillful (1st) Paṭhamakusalasutta SN 46.32 Skillful (2nd) Dutiyakusalasutta SN 46.33 Corruptions Upakkilesasutta SN 46.34 Not Corruptions Anupakkilesasutta SN 46.35 Irrational Application of Mind Yonisomanasikārasutta SN 46.36 Growth Buddhisutta SN 46.37 Obstacles Āvaraṇanīvaraṇasutta SN 46.38 Without Obstacles Anīvaraṇasutta SN 46.39 Trees Rukkhasutta SN 46.40 Hindrances Nīvaraṇasutta The Chapter on the Wheel-Turning Monarch SN 46.41 Discriminations Vidhāsutta SN 46.42 A Wheel-Turning Monarch Cakkavattisutta SN 46.43 About Māra Mārasutta SN 46.44 Witless Duppaññasutta SN 46.45 Wise Paññavantasutta SN 46.46 Poor Daliddasutta SN 46.47 Prosperous Adaliddasutta SN 46.48 The Sun Ādiccasutta SN 46.49 Interior Ajjhattikaṅgasutta SN 46.50 Exterior Bāhiraṅgasutta The Chapter on Discussion SN 46.51 Nourishing Āhārasutta SN 46.52 Is There a Way? Pariyāyasutta SN 46.53 Fire Aggisutta SN 46.54 Full of Love Mettāsahagatasutta SN 46.55 With Saṅgārava Saṅgāravasutta SN 46.56 With Prince Abhaya Abhayasutta The Chapter on Breathing SN 46.57 A Skeleton Aṭṭhikamahapphalasutta SN 46.58 Worm-Infested Puḷavakasutta SN 46.59 Livid Vinīlakasutta SN 46.60 Split Open Vicchiddakasutta SN 46.61 Bloated Uddhumātakasutta SN 46.62 Love Mettāsutta SN 46.63 Compassion Karuṇāsutta SN 46.64 Rejoicing Muditāsutta SN 46.65 Equanimity Upekkhāsutta SN 46.66 Breathing Ānāpānasutta The Chapter on Cessation SN 46.67 Ugliness Asubhasutta SN 46.68 Death Maraṇasutta SN 46.69 Repulsiveness of Food Āhārepaṭikūlasutta SN 46.70 Dissatisfaction Anabhiratisutta SN 46.71 Impermanence Aniccasutta SN 46.72 Suffering in Impermanence Dukkhasutta SN 46.73 Not-Self in Suffering Anattasutta SN 46.74 Giving Up Pahānasutta SN 46.75 Dispassion Virāgasutta SN 46.76 Cessation Nirodhasutta The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges SN 46.77–88 The Ganges River, Etc. Gaṅgāpeyyālavagga The Chapter on Diligence SN 46.89–98 A Realized One, Etc. Appamādavagga The Chapter on Hard Work SN 46.99–110 Hard Work, Etc. Balakaraṇīyavagga The Chapter on Searches SN 46.111–120 Searches, Etc. Esanāvagga The Chapter on Floods SN 46.121–129 Floods Oghādisutta SN 46.130 Higher Fetters Uddhambhāgiyasutta Another Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on the Ganges SN 46.131–142 More on the Ganges River, Etc. Punagaṅgāpeyyālavagga Another Chapter on Diligence SN 46.143–152 Another Series on a Realized One, Etc. Punaappamādavagga Another Chapter on Hard Work SN 46.153–164 Hard Work, Etc. Punabalakaraṇīyavagga Another Chapter on Searches SN 46.165–174 Another Series on Searches, Etc. Punaesanāvagga Another Chapter on Floods SN 46.175–184 Another Series on Floods, Etc. Punaoghavagga The Chapter on Mountains