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#### Saṁyutta Nikāya
III. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṁyutta

#### Sutta 121

#### Upādāniya Suttaṁ

# Clinging

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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[1][pts] Near Sāvatthī.

There the Blessed One said, "Monks, I will teach you clingable phenomena and clinging.

Listen and pay close attention.

I will speak."

"As you say, lord," the monks responded to him.

The Blessed One said, "And which, monks, are clingable phenomena?

Which is the clinging?

"Form is a clingable phenomenon.

Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.

"Feeling is a clingable phenomenon.

Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.

"Perception is a clingable phenomenon.

Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.

"Fabrications are clingable phenomena.

Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.

"Consciousness is a clingable phenomenon.

Whatever desire-passion is there, that is the clinging there.

"These are called clingable phenomena.

This is clinging."

Of Related Interest:

MN 44;
MN 109;
SN 22:48;
SN 27:1–10;
SN 35:110;
SN 35:191

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