Saṃyutta Nikāya
III. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
Sutta 121
Upādāniya Suttaṃ
Clinging
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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There the Blessed One said, "Monks, I will teach you clingable phenomena and clinging.
Listen and pay close attention.
I will speak."
"As you say, lord," the monks responded to him.
The Blessed One said, "And which, monks, are clingable phenomena?
Which is the clinging?
"Form is a clingable phenomenon.
Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.
"Feeling is a clingable phenomenon.
Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.
"Perception is a clingable phenomenon.
Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.
"Fabrications are clingable phenomena.
Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.
"Consciousness is a clingable phenomenon.
Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.
"These are called clingable phenomena.
This is clinging."
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