Related:: [[Magga Phala]], [[Kilesa]]
# Saṃyojana (10 Fetters)
> [!info] Which 10?
> 1. [[Sakkaya-ditthi|Sakkāya-diṭṭhi]] — **Believing that this body and mind is "me" and "mine"** — i.e. the [[Pancupadanakkhandha|5 Aggregates]] is "mine", "belongs to me", and "myself"
> 2. [[Vicikiccha|Vicikicchā]] — **Skeptical doubt** (towards [[Buddha]], [[Dhamma]], and [[Sangha]])
> 3. [[Silabbata Paramasa|Sīlabbata-parāmāsa]] — **Clinging to rites and rituals (ethics & vows) (as the ultimate means for liberation)**
> 4. [[Kamacchanda|Kāmacchanda]] — **Sensual desire**
> 5. [[Byapada|Byāpāda]] — **Ill will** — including small irritations up to rage
> 6. Rūparāgo — **Attachment for staying in Rupa (1-4) [[Jhana|Jhāna]]**
> 7. Arūparāgo — **Attachment for staying in Arupa (5-8) [[Jhana|Jhāna]]**
> 8. Māna — **Conceit** — A very subtle "I am" feeling still exists, and makes one feels "proud" about knowing deep Dhamma.
> 9. [[Uddhacca-kukkucca|Uddhacca]] — **Restlessness** (for attaining liberation)
> 10. [[Avijja]] — **Ignorance**
> [!summary] 10 Fetters — In Saṁyojanasutta ([AN10.13](https://suttacentral.net/an10.13/en/sujato))
> “Mendicants, there are **==ten fetters==**.
> _“Dasayimāni, bhikkhave, **==saṁyojanāni==**._
>
> What ten?
> _Katamāni dasa?_
>
> The **==five lower fetters==** and the **==five higher fetters==**.
> _Pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni._
>
> What are the five lower fetters?
> _Katamāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni?_
>
> **Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, sensual desire, and ill will.**
> _**==Sakkāyadiṭṭhi==**, **==vicikicchā==**, **==sīlabbataparāmāso==**, **==kāmacchando==**, **==byāpādo==**—_
>
> These are the five lower fetters.
> _imāni pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni._
>
> ---
> What are the five higher fetters?
> _Katamāni pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni?_
>
> **Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance.**
> _**==Rūparāgo==**, **==arūparāgo==**, **==māno==**, **==uddhaccaṁ==**, **==avijjā==**—_
>
> These are the five higher fetters.
> _imāni pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni._
>
> These are the ten fetters.”
> _Imāni kho, bhikkhave, dasa saṁyojanānī”ti._
## Relationship to the [[Magga Phala|4 Fruits]]
![[10-fetters-wiki.png]]
^10-fetters-diagram
(Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetter_(Buddhism)))
## 1. [[Sakkaya-ditthi|Sakkāya-diṭṭhi]]
![[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^sakkhaya-ditthi-hoti]]
## Videos
- (Great video on Sīlabbata-parāmāsa) More wrong views due to attachment ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSs8IGjB0Kc))
## Suttas
- [[AN3.86 Paṭhamasikkhāsutta]]
- AN3.87 Dutiyasikkhāsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an3.87/en/sujato))
- AN3.88 Tatiyasikkhāsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an3.88/en/sujato))
- AN9.12 Saupādisesasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an9.12/en/sujato))
- 9 Types of person (5 Anagami, 1 Sakadagami, 3 Sotapanna) with different residue (Saupādisesa) left
- AN4.131 Saṁyojanasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an4.131/en/sujato))
- 10 Fetters and 3 Fruits (2 types of Anagami, and Arahat)
- [[MN64 Mahāmālukyasutta]]
- Buddha refuted a naive understanding about the 5 Lower fetters, using the "Simile of the infant", and explained how they are given up using the "Simile of the tree" (to reach **Anagami**), and a simile of how only a strong person (with a confident and decided mind) can do it #simile/buddha
- It also showed that all Jhanas could be used as a foundation for Vipassana, and one could reach Anagami with just the 1st Jhana
- [[MN2 Sabbāsavasutta]]
- Give up 3 lower fetters by "seeing"
- SN35.232 Koṭṭhikasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn35.232/en/sujato))
- Eye is not the fetter of sight, not is sight to the eye — the desire and greed is the fetter