• Numbered Discourses 8.18 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 8.18
  • 2. The Great Chapter 2. Mahāvagga

Catching (2nd) Dutiyabandhanasutta

ā€œMendicants, a man catches a woman using eight features. ā€œAį¹­į¹­hahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati. What eight? Katamehi aį¹­į¹­hahi? With weeping, Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; laughing, hasitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; speaking, bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; appearance, ākappena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; gifts of wildflowers, vanabhaį¹…gena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; scents, gandhena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; tastes, rasena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; and touches. phassena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati. A man catches a woman using these eight features. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aį¹­į¹­hahākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati. But those beings who are caught by touch are well and truly caught.ā€ Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhÄā€ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.