Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ III: Paññāsaka Tatiya
1. Yoga-k-Khemi Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Third Fifty
1. Secure from Bondage
Sutta 109
Saṅyojana Suttaɱ
Things That Fetter
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, I will teach you the things that fetter and the fetter.
Listen to that. ...
"And what, bhikkhus, are the things that fetter, and what is the fetter?
The eye, bhikkhus, is a thing that fetters; the desire and lust for it is the fetter there.
The ear is a thing that fetters ...
The mind is a thing that fetters; the desire and lust for it is the fetter there.
These are called the things that fetter, and this the fetter."
