SN 22.121 — Things That Fuel Grasping

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Linked Discourses 22.121
12. A Dhamma speaker
Things That Fuel Grasping
At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that fuel grasping, and the grasping. Listen …
What are the things that fuel grasping? And what is the grasping?
Form is something that fuels grasping. The desire and greed for it is the grasping.
Feeling …
Perception …
Choices …
Consciousness is something that fuels grasping. The desire and greed for it is the grasping.
These are called the things that fuel grasping, and this is the grasping.”