Saṃyojana Sutta

“Wanderers, there are ten fetters.

What ten?

There are the five lower fetters,

And the five higher fetters. [1]

What are the five lower fetters?

(1) The belief in a personal identity,

(2) Doubt (in the Dhamma)

(3) Blind observance of rites and rituals,

(4) Sensory desire,

(5) and hate.[2]

What are the five higher fetters?

(6) Desire for the finer form states,

(7) Desire for the formless states,

(8) Pride,

(9) Restlessness,

(10) Lack of discernment. [3]

These are all ten fetters.”

[1] Pañcorambhāgiyāni saṃyojanāni, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṃyojanāni.

[2] Sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbataparāmāso, kāmacchando, byāpādo—

[3] Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṃ, avijjā—