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Chapter 2

The ten saṃyojana,

or ‘fetters’

The saṃyojana are derived from the root defilements of lobha,

greed, dosa, aversion, and moha, delusion, they perform a more
refined function in that they bind beings to dukkha, prevent them
from escaping from the saṃsāra. There are ten saṃyojana:

I) sakkāyaditthi – having the view that this body is ‘mine.’
II) vicikiccā – doubt and uncertainty.
III) sīlabbataparamāsa – credulous clinging to rites and rituals.
IV) kāmarāga – sexual desire, the mind stuck in sensuality.

V) patigha – being easily irritated, so prone to anger.
VI) rūparāga – the mind taken with pure form, or with the
rūpajhānas, the form meditations.

VII) arūparāga – the mind interested in the arūpa, the ‘formless,’
meditations, or finding satisfaction in mental abstractions.
VIII) māna – conceit, having attachment to ‘self’ or to ‘self’s’
possessions; making comparisons, like: better than, worse than, the
same as.

IX) uddacca – being scattered, unfocused.
X) avijjā – ignorance, a lack of true knowledge.

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