- Linked Discourses 45.174 Saį¹yutta NikÄya 45.174
- 14. Floods 14. Oghavagga
Personal Ties Ganthasutta
āMendicants, there are these four ties. āCattÄrome, bhikkhave, ganthÄ. What four? Katame cattÄro? The personal ties to covetousness, ill will, misapprehension of precepts and observances, and the insistence that this is the only truth. AbhijjhÄ kÄyagantho, byÄpÄdo kÄyagantho, sÄ«labbataparÄmÄso kÄyagantho, idaį¹saccÄbhiniveso kÄyaganthoāThese are the four ties. ime kho, bhikkhave, cattÄro ganthÄ.
The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four ties.ā Imesaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaį¹ ganthÄnaį¹ abhiƱƱÄya pariƱƱÄya parikkhayÄya pahÄnÄya ā¦pe⦠ayaį¹ ariyo aį¹į¹haį¹ giko maggo bhÄvetabboāti.
Catutthaį¹.