SN 22.120 — Things That Tighten Fetters

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Linked Discourses 22.120
12. A Dhamma speaker
Things That Tighten Fetters
At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that tighten the fetters, and the fetter. Listen …
What are the things that tighten the fetters? And what is the fetter?
Form is something that tightens the fetters. The desire and greed for it is the fetter.
Feeling …
Perception …
Choices …
Consciousness is something that tightens the fetters. The desire and greed for it is the fetter.
These are called the things that tighten the fetters, and this is the fetter.”