Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
12. Dhamma-Kathika Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and other Subjects
22. Kindred Sayings on Elements
12. On Pious Converse
Upādāniya Suttaṃ
Grasping
Sutta 121
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren!"
"Master!" responded those brethren.
The Exalted One said:
"I will show you, brethren,
the things that make for grasping,[1]
and grasping.
Do ye listen to it.
And what, brethren, are the things that make for grasping,
and what is grasping?
Body, brethren,
is a thing that makes for grasping.
The desire and lust therein are grasping.
Feeling, brethren,
is a thing that makes for grasping.
The desire and lust therein are grasping.
Perception, brethren,
is a thing that makes for grasping.
The desire and lust therein are grasping.
The activities, brethren,
is a thing that makes for grasping.
The desire and lust therein are grasping.
Consciousness, brethren,
[143] is a thing that makes for grasping.
The desire and lust therein are grasping.
These, brethren,
are the things that make for grasping.
This is grasping."
[1] Upadaniya dhammā.
