Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ III: Paññāsaka Tatiya
2. Loka-Kāma-Guṇa Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Saḷāyatana-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
35. Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense
§ III: The 'Third Fifty' Suttas
2. The Chapter on the Worldly Sensual Elements
Sutta 123
Upādāna Suttaṃ
Grasping
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren."
"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One thus spake:
"I will teach you, Brethren,
the things that make for grasping
and grasping.
Do ye listen to it.
And what, Brethren, are the things that make for grasping
and what is grasping?
There are, brethren,
objects cognizable by the eye,
objects desirable,
pleasant,
delightful
and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
These, brethren, are called:
'the things that make for grasping.'
The desire and lust that are therein, -
that is the grasping that is in them.
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There are, brethren,
sounds cognizable by the ear,
sounds desirable,
pleasant,
delightful
and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
These, brethren, are called:
'the things that make for grasping.'
The desire and lust that are therein, -
that is the grasping that is in them.
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There are, brethren,
scents cognizable by the nose,
scents desirable,
pleasant,
delightful
and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
These, brethren, are called:
'the things that make for grasping.'
The desire and lust that are therein, -
that is the grasping that is in them.
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There are, brethren,
savours cognizable by the tongue,
savours desirable,
pleasant,
delightful
and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
These, brethren, are called:
'the things that make for grasping.'
The desire and lust that are therein, -
that is the grasping that is in them.
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There are, brethren,
tangibles cognizable by the body,
tangibles desirable,
pleasant,
delightful
and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
These, brethren, are called:
'the things that make for grasping.'
The desire and lust that are therein, -
that is the grasping that is in them.
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There are, brethren,
mind-states cognizable by the mind,
mind-states desirable,
pleasant,
delightful
and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
These, brethren, are called:
'the things that make for grasping.'
The desire and lust that are therein, -
that is the grasping that is in them.
References:
see: SN 4.35.110;
These two sections are similar to §§ 120 - 121 of K.S. iii, 142.
