Parent:: [[Kilesa]]
Related:: [[Chanda]], [[Viraga|Virāga]]
# Rāga (Desire / Coloring (of the [[Citta|Mind]]))
![[SN22.2 Devadahasutta#^chandaraga-vinaya]]
> [!question] Which fetters which? — In Koṭṭhikasutta ([SN35.232](https://suttacentral.net/sn35.232/en/sujato))
> “Reverend Koṭṭhita, **==the eye is not the fetter of sights, nor are sights the fetter of the eye.==**
> _“Na kho, āvuso koṭṭhika, cakkhu rūpānaṁ saṁyojanaṁ, na rūpā cakkhussa saṁyojanaṁ._
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> The fetter there is the desire and greed that arises from the pair of them.
> _Yañca tattha tadubhayaṁ paṭicca uppajjati chandarāgo taṁ tattha saṁyojanaṁ …pe…_
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> The ear … nose … tongue … body …
> _na jivhā rasānaṁ saṁyojanaṁ, na rasā jivhāya saṁyojanaṁ. …pe…_
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> mind is not the fetter of ideas, nor are ideas the fetter of the mind.
> _na mano dhammānaṁ saṁyojanaṁ, na dhammā manassa saṁyojanaṁ._
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> The **==fetter==** there is the **==desire and greed==** that arises from the pair of them.
> _Yañca tattha tadubhayaṁ paṭicca uppajjati **==chandarāgo==** taṁ tattha **==saṁyojanaṁ==**._