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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN46: Connected Discourses on the Factors of Enlightenment

SN46:121–129 Floods, Etc. based upon seclusion

Elaborated parallel to SN45:171–79.


1SN46.121"Bhikkhus, there are these four floods. What four?
The flood of sensuality,
the flood of existence,
the flood of views,
the flood of ignorance.
These are the four floods.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these four floods,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

SN46.122"Bhikkhus, there are these four bonds. What four?
The bond of sensuality,
the bond of existence,
the bond of views,
the bond of ignorance.
These are the four bonds.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these four bonds,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

SN46.123"Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of clinging. What four?
Clinging to sensual pleasure,
clinging to views,
clinging to rules and vows,
clinging to a doctrine of self.
These are the four kinds of clinging.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these four bonds,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

4N46.124"Bhikkhus, there are these four knots. What four?
The bodily knot of covetousness,
the bodily knot of ill will,
the bodily knot of distorted grasp of rules and vows,
the bodily knot of adherence to dogmatic assertion of truth.[n.47] Spk explains "bodily knot" (kaāyagantha) as a knot in the name-body (nāmakāya), a defilement which knots and connects (ganthanaghaṭanakilesa). Spk-pṭ: A defilement which produces connection, bondage, known as the binding to suffering through the connection of cause with effect, of the round of kamma with the round of results. The fourth knot, idaṁsaccābhinivesa kāyagantha, is literally "the bodily knot of adherence to (the view) ‘This (alone) is truth.’"
These are the four knots.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these four knots,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

5N46.125"Bhikkhus, there are these seven underlying tendencies. What seven?
The underlying tendency to sensual lust,[n.48] Spk: The "underlying tendency to sensual lust" (kāmānusaya) is sensual lust itself, which is an "underlying tendency" in the sense that it has gained strength (thāmagataṭṭhena). Spk-pṭ: "Gained strength" by being firmly implanted in a being's mental continuum.
the underlying tendency to aversion,
the underlying tendency to views,
the underlying tendency to doubt,
the underlying tendency to conceit,
the underlying tendency to lust for existence,
the underlying tendency to ignorance.
These are the seven underlying tendencies.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these seven underlying tendencies,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

SN46.126"Bhikkhus, there are these five cords of sensual pleasure. What five?
Forms cognizable by the eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
Sounds cognizable by the ear that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
Odours cognizable by the nose that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
Tastes cognizable by the tongue that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
Tactile objects cognizable by the body that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
These are the five cords of sensual pleasure.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these five cords of sensual pleasure,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

SN46.127"Bhikkhus, there are these five hindrances. What five?
The hindrance of sensual desire,
the hindrance of ill will,
the hindrance of sloth and torpor,
the hindrance of restlessness and remorse,
the hindrance of doubt.
These are the five hindrances.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these five hindrances,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

SN46.128"Bhikkhus, there are these five aggregates subject to clinging. What five?
The form aggregate subject to clinging,
the feeling aggregate subject to clinging, sn.v.61
the perception aggregate subject to clinging,
the volitional formations aggregate subject to clinging,
the consciousness aggregate subject to clinging.
These are the five aggregates subject to clinging.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these five aggregates subject to clinging,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

SN46.129"Bhikkhus, there are these five lower fetters.[n.49] These are the fetters that bind beings to the sense-sphere realm (kāmadhātu). The first three are eradicated by the stream-enterer and the once-returner, all five by the nonreturner. What five?
Identity view,
doubt,
the distorted grasp of rules and vows,
sensual desire,
ill will.
These are the five lower fetters.
The seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these five lower fetters,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.

"Bhikkhus, the seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed for direct knowledge of all these things, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning. What seven?

Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.
He develops the enlightenment factor of discrimination of states, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.
He develops the enlightenment factor of energy, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.
He develops the enlightenment factor of rapture, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.
He develops the enlightenment factor of tranquillity, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.
He develops the enlightenment factor of concentration, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.
He develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity, which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.

"These seven factors of enlightenment are to be developed for direct knowledge of all these things, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning."

vitthāretabbaṁ.


1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, oghā. Katame cattāro? Kāmogho, bhavogho, diṭṭhogho, avijjogho"ti