Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṃyutta
3. Udāyi Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
46. Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
3. Udāyi
Sutta 29
Eka-Dhamma Suttaṃ
The One Condition
Translated by F. L. Woodward
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Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"I behold not, monks, any other single condition which,
thus cultivated and made much of,
is so conducive to abandonment
of the conditions that bind
as the seven limbs of wisdom.
What seven?
The limb of wisdom that is mindfulness,
the limb of wisdom that is Norm investigation,
the limb of wisdom that is energy,
the limb of wisdom that is zest,
the limb of wisdom that is tranquillity,
the limb of wisdom that is concentration,
the limb of wisdom that is equinimity.
And how cultivated, monks,
how made much of
do the seven limbs of wisdom
conduce to the abandonment
of conditions that bind?
Herein, monks, a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that mindfulness,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
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He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
■
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
■
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
■
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
■
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
■
He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.
§
And what, monks, are the conditions that bind?
The eye, monks, is a condition that binds.
Herein spring up attachments
that bind and cleave to one.
The ear, monks, is a condition that binds.
Herein spring up attachments
that bind and cleave to one.
The nose, monks, is a condition that binds.
Herein spring up attachments
that bind and cleave to one.
The tongue, monks, is a condition that binds.
Herein spring up attachments
that bind and cleave to one.
The body, monks, is a condition that binds.
Herein spring up attachments
that bind and cleave to one.
The mind, monks, is a condition that binds.
Herein spring up attachments
that bind and cleave to one.
These, monks, are called
'conditions that bind.'"[1]
[1] Cf. K.S. iv, passim.
