Buddhist Holy Day Dhamma (31/05/2026)

Venerable sir, how should one know, how should one see, for the fetters to be abandoned?”

 

 

“Bhikkhu, when one knows and sees the eye as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees forms as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees eye consciousness as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees eye contact as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees as impermanent whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-norpleasant—the fetters are abandoned.

 

 

Bhikkhu, when one knows and sees the ear as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees sounds as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees ear consciousness as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees ear contact as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees as impermanent whatever feeling arises with ear contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-norpleasant—the fetters are abandoned.

 

 

Bhikkhu, when one knows and sees the nose as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees odours as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees nose consciousness as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees nose contact as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When nose knows and sees as impermanent whatever feeling arises with nose contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-norpleasant—the fetters are abandoned.

 

 

Bhikkhu, when one knows and sees the tongue as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees tastes as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees tongue consciousness as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees tounge contact as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees as impermanent whatever feeling arises with tounge contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-norpleasant—the fetters are abandoned.

 

 

Bhikkhu, when one knows and sees the body as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees tactile objects as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees body consciousness as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees body contact as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees as impermanent whatever feeling arises with body contact as condition—w`hether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-norpleasant—the fetters are abandoned.

 

 

Bhikkhu, when one knows and sees the mind as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees mental phenomena as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees mind consciousness as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees mind contact as impermanent, the fetters are abandoned. When one knows and sees as impermanent whatever feeling arises with mind contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-norpleasant—the fetters are abandoned.

 

 

When one knows and sees thus, bhikkhu, the fetters are abandoned.”

 

 

SN35.54 Abandoning the Fetters (Bhikkhu Bodhi) 

 

https://suttacentral.net/sn35.54/en/bodhi