# [[Ajjhosa]] (Attachment / Attaching to) ## DN15 - how does attachment come to be? > [!NOTE] In Mahānidānasutta ([DN15](https://suttacentral.net/dn15/en/sujato)) > So it is, Ānanda, that feeling gives rise to craving. Craving gives rise to searching. Searching gives rise to gaining material things. Gaining material things gives rise to evaluation. Evaluation gives rise to desire and lust. Desire and lust gives rise to attachment. Attachment gives rise to ownership. Ownership gives rise to stinginess. Stinginess gives rise to safeguarding. > > _Iti kho panetaṁ, ānanda, vedanaṁ paṭicca taṇhā, taṇhaṁ paṭicca pariyesanā, pariyesanaṁ paṭicca lābho, lābhaṁ paṭicca vinicchayo, vinicchayaṁ paṭicca chandarāgo, chandarāgaṁ paṭicca ajjhosānaṁ, **ajjhosānaṁ** paṭicca pariggaho, pariggahaṁ paṭicca macchariyaṁ, macchariyaṁ paṭicca ārakkho._ > > Owing to safeguarding, many bad, unskillful things come to be: taking up the rod and the sword, quarrels, arguments, and disputes, accusations, divisive speech, and lies. > > _Ārakkhādhikaraṇaṁ daṇḍādānasatthādānakalahaviggahavivādatuvaṁtuvaṁpesuññamusāvādā aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sambhavanti._ > > --- > ‘Owing to safeguarding, many bad, unskillful things come to be: taking up the rod and the sword, quarrels, arguments, and disputes, accusations, divisive speech, and lies’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so. > > _‘Ārakkhādhikaraṇaṁ daṇḍādānasatthādānakalahaviggahavivādatuvaṁtuvaṁpesuññamusāvādā aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sambhavantī’ti iti kho panetaṁ vuttaṁ, tadānanda, imināpetaṁ pariyāyena veditabbaṁ, yathā ārakkhādhikaraṇaṁ daṇḍādānasatthādānakalahaviggahavivādatuvaṁtuvaṁpesuññamusāvādā aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sambhavanti._ ### Mermaid — Causation line (DN15) ```mermaid flowchart LR A[Feeling<br/>vedanā] --> B[Craving<br/>taṇhā] B --> C[Searching<br/>pariyesanā] C --> D[Gaining<br/>lābha] D --> E[Evaluation<br/>vinicchaya] E --> F[Desire & lust<br/>chandarāga] F --> G[Attachment<br/>ajjhosāna] G --> H[Ownership<br/>pariggaha] H --> I[Stinginess<br/>macchariya] I --> J[Safeguarding<br/>ārakkha] J --> K[Quarrels, disputes, accusations,<br/>divisive speech, lies, violence] ``` ### Focus segment ```mermaid flowchart LR E[vinicchaya<br/>evaluation] --> F[chandarāga<br/>desire & lust] --> G[ajjhosāna<br/>attachment] ``` ## From [[Nandi|Delighting]] to Attachments ![[Nandi#^nandi-to-ajjhosa]] ## Suttas - SN35.95 Mālukyaputtasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn35.95/en/sujato)) - MN145 Puṇṇovādasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn145/en/sujato))