5-46-18 Oghavaggo | Samyutta

XVIII. Floods

(Removal of Lust Version)

175 (1)–183 (9) Floods, Etc.

(To be elaborated by way of the enlightenment factors having as their final goal the removal of lust, etc.)

184 (10) Higher Fetters

Bhikkhus, there are these 5 higher fetters. What 5?

1) Lust for form,
2) lust for the formless,
3) conceit,
4) restlessness,
5) ignorance.

- These are the 5 higher fetters.

The 7 factors of enlightenment are to be developed for direct knowledge of these 5 higher fetters, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning.

What 7?

Here, Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness … he develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity,

which has as its final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion …

… which has the Deathless as its ground, the Deathless as its destination, the Deathless as its final goal …

… which slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.

These 7 factors of enlightenment, Bhikkhus, are to be developed for direct knowledge of these 5 higher fetters, for the full understanding of them, for their utter destruction, for their abandoning.

Floods, bonds, kinds of clinging,
Knots, and underlying tendencies,
Cords of sensual pleasure, hindrances,
Aggregates, fetters lower and higher.