Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
39. Sāmaṇḍaka Saṃyutta
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
39. Kindred Sayings about Sāmaṇḍaka
Sutta 12
Upādāna Suttaṃ
Grasping
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the venerable Sāriputta was staying among the Vajjī,
at Ukkāvelā
on the banks of the river Ganges.
Then Sāmaṇḍaka, the Wanderer, came to visit the venerable Sāriputta,
and on coming to him
greeted him in friendly wise,
and after the exchange of greetings and courtesies
sat down at one side.
So seated, the Wanderer Sāmaṇḍaka said this to the venerable Sāriputta: -
"'Grasping, grasping!' is the saying, friend Sāriputta.
Pray what is grasping?"
"There are these four graspings, friend:
the grasping after sensuality,
the grasping after opinion,
the grasping after rule and ritual,
the grasping after theory of self.
These are the four graspings."
"But, friend, is there any way,
any approach
to the abandoning of these graspings?"
"There is such a path, friend,
there is such an approach
to the abandoning of these graspings."
"And what is that path, friend,
what is that approach
to the abandoning of these graspings?"
"It is this Ariyan Eightfold Path, friend,
to the abandoning of these graspings
to wit:
Right view,
right aim,
right speech,
right action,
right living,
right effort,
right mindfulness,
right concentration.
Such, friend, is this path,
this approach
to the abandoning of these graspings."
"A goodly path, friend,
a goodly approach
to the abandoning of these graspings
and a proper occasion for earnestness too, friend!"
