Aṇguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
Dhana Vaggo

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Sevens
Chapter I: Treasures

Sutta 9

Saṇyojana-p-Pahāna Suttaṃ

Their Riddance

Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.

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[1][upal] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, by getting rid of,
by cutting away seven fetters
the godly life is lived.

 

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What seven?

By getting rid of,
by cutting away the fetter of complying,
the godly life is lived.

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By getting rid of,
by cutting away the fetter of resisting,
the godly life is lived.

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By getting rid of,
by cutting away the fetter of view,
the godly life is lived.

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By getting rid of,
by cutting away the fetter of uncertainty,
the godly life is lived.

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By getting rid of,
by cutting away the fetter of conceit,
the godly life is lived.

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By getting rid of,
by cutting away the fetter of worldly lusts,
the godly life is lived.

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By getting rid of,
by cutting away the fetter of ignorance
the godly life is lived.

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Verily, monks, it is by getting rid of,
by cutting away seven fetters
the godly life is lived.

 

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[6] 2. And when a monk is rid of the fetter of complying
has cut it at the roots,
made it as palm-tree stump,^[1]
so that it cannot become in the future
nor rise again;

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and when a monk is rid of the fetter of resisting
has cut it at the roots,
made it as palm-tree stump,
so that it cannot become in the future
nor rise again;

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and when a monk is rid of the fetter of view
has cut it at the roots,
made it as palm-tree stump,
so that it cannot become in the future
nor rise again;

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and when a monk is rid of the fetter of uncertainty
has cut it at the roots,
made it as palm-tree stump,
so that it cannot become in the future
nor rise again;

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and when a monk is rid of the fetter of conceit
has cut it at the roots,
made it as palm-tree stump,
so that it cannot become in the future
nor rise again;

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and when a monk is rid of the fetter of worldly lusts
has cut it at the roots,
made it as palm-tree stump,
so that it cannot become in the future
nor rise again;

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and when a monk is rid of the fetter of ignorance
has cut it at the roots,
made it as palm-tree stump,
so that it cannot become in the future
nor rise again;

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then is that monk said to have cut off craving,
unshackled the fetters,
and by understanding conceit in full,
made an end of ill.'^[2]

 

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^[1] Vin. iii, 3; M. i, 370; S. iii, 10; A. i, 135, etc.

^[2] M. i, 12; A. i, 134; It. 47; Expositor, 77.