SN 53.45–54 — Floods, etc.

“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 four absorptions should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters. What four? It’s when a mendicant enters and remains in the first absorption … second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption. These four absorptions should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.” (Tell in full as in the Linked Discourses on the Path at SN 45.171–180.) Floods, yokes, grasping, ties, and underlying tendencies, kinds of sensual stimulation, hindrances, aggregates, and fetters high and low. The Linked Discourses on Absorption, the ninth section. Linked Discourses on Breath Meditation Contents The Chapter on One Thing SN 54.1 One Thing Ekadhammasutta SN 54.2 Awakening Factors Bojjhaṅgasutta SN 54.3 Plain Version Suddhikasutta SN 54.4 Fruits (1st) Paṭhamaphalasutta SN 54.5 Fruits (2nd) Dutiyaphalasutta SN 54.6 With Ariṭṭha Ariṭṭhasutta SN 54.7 About Mahākappina Mahākappinasutta SN 54.8 The Simile of the Lamp Padīpopamasutta SN 54.9 At Vesālī Vesālīsutta SN 54.10 With Kimbila Kimilasutta Chapter Two SN 54.11 Icchānaṅgala Icchānaṅgalasutta SN 54.12 In Doubt Kaṅkheyyasutta SN 54.13 With Ānanda (1st) Paṭhamaānandasutta SN 54.14 With Ānanda (2nd) Dutiyaānandasutta SN 54.15 Several Mendicants (1st) Paṭhamabhikkhusutta SN 54.16 Several Mendicants (2nd) Dutiyabhikkhusutta SN 54.17 Giving Up the Fetters Saṁyojanappahānasutta SN 54.18 Uprooting the Tendencies Anusayasamugghātasutta SN 54.19 Completely Understanding the Course of Time Addhānapariññāsutta SN 54.20 The Ending of Defilements Āsavakkhayasutta The Chapter on One Thing