1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, when what exists, by clinging to what, by adhering to what, do the fetters, adherences, and shackles arise?"[n.237] Spk-pṭ explains adherences (abhinivesa) as craving, conceit, and views, and shackles (vinibandha) as the mental shackles of not being devoid of lust for form, etc. (see MN I 101,28–102,16). Holding (ajjhosāna), in the next sutta, is defined by Spk-pṭ as craving and views.

"Venerable sir, our teachings are rooted in the Blessed One … ."

"When there is form, bhikkhus, by clinging to form, by adhering to form, the fetters, adherences, and shackles arise.

When there is feeling … perception … volitional formations … consciousness, by clinging to consciousness, by adhering to consciousness, the fetters, adherences, and shackles arise.

"What do you think, bhikkhus, is form … feeling … perception … volitional formations … consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."

"But without clinging to what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change, could the fetters, adherences, and shackles arise?"

"No, venerable sir."

"Seeing thus, bhikkhus, the instructed noble disciple experiences revulsion towards form, revulsion towards feeling, revulsion towards perception, revulsion towards volitional formations, revulsion towards consciousness.

Experiencing revulsion, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion his mind is liberated. When it is liberated there comes the knowledge: ‘It's liberated.’

He understands: ‘Destroyed is birth, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being.’"sn.iii.187

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa uppajjanti saṁyojanābhinivesavinibandhā"ti?

Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā … pe …

"rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati, rūpaṁ upādāya, rūpaṁ abhinivissa uppajjanti saṁyojanābhinivesavinibandhā.

Vedanāya sati … saññāya sati … saṅkhāresu sati … viññāṇe sati, viññāṇaṁ upādāya, viññāṇaṁ abhinivissa uppajjanti saṁyojanābhinivesavinibandhā.

Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti? "Aniccaṁ, bhante".

"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ … pe … api nu taṁ anupādāya uppajjeyyuṁ saṁyojanābhinivesavinibandhā"ti?

"No hetaṁ, bhante" … pe …

"evaṁ passaṁ … pe … nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.