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this is called the fetter of stinginess. Among these, what is the fetter of ignorance? Ignorance of suffering, ignorance of the origin of suffering, ignorance of the cessation of suffering, ignorance of the path leading to the cessation of suffering, ignorance of the past, ignorance of the future, ignorance of both past and future, ignorance of dependent origination concerning states conditioned by this and that: Whatever such ignorance, not seeing, not comprehending, not understanding, not awakening, not penetrating, not grasping, not pervading, not observing, not reviewing, not realizing, dullness, foolishness, lack of clear comprehension, delusion, great delusion, utter delusion, ignorance, the flood of ignorance, the yoke of ignorance, the latent tendency of ignorance, the obsession of ignorance, the entanglement of ignorance, delusion, the root of unwholesome states – this is called the fetter of ignorance. These states are fetters. Which states are not fetters? Apart from those states, the remaining wholesome, unwholesome, and indeterminate states, belonging to the sense-sphere, form-sphere, formless-sphere, and not included; the aggregate of feeling... and so on... the aggregate of consciousness; all form, and the unconditioned element – these states are not fetters. Which states are associated with fetters? States with taints, wholesome, unwholesome, and indeterminate states, belonging to the sense-sphere, form-sphere, formless-sphere; the aggregate of form... and so on... the aggregate of consciousness – these states are associated with fetters. Which states are not associated with fetters? Paths not included, and their fruits, and the unconditioned and the unconditioned element – these phenomena are not fettering. 1132. Which phenomena are associated with fetters? Those phenomena which are associated with them: the feeling aggregate... and so on... the consciousness aggregate – these phenomena are associated with fetters. 1133. Which phenomena are dissociated from fetters? Those phenomena which are dissociated from them: the feeling aggregate... and so on... the consciousness aggregate; and all form, and the unconditioned element – these phenomena are dissociated from fetters. 1134. Which phenomena are fetters and also fettering? Those very fetters are fetters and also fettering. 1135. Which phenomena are fettering but not fetters? Those phenomena which are fettering, excluding those phenomena (the fetters themselves), the remaining defiled wholesome, unwholesome, and indeterminate phenomena belonging to the sense sphere, form sphere, and formless sphere; the form aggregate... and so on... the consciousness aggregate – these phenomena are fettering but not fetters. 1136. Which phenomena are fetters and also associated with fetters? The fetter of sensual passion, with the fetter of ignorance, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of ignorance, with the fetter of sensual passion, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of aversion, with the fetter of ignorance, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of ignorance, with the fetter of aversion, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of conceit, with the fetter of ignorance, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of ignorance, with the fetter of conceit, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of views, with the fetter of ignorance, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of ignorance, with the fetter of views, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of doubt, with the fetter of ignorance, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of ignorance, with the fetter of doubt, is a fetter and also associated with a fetter. The fetter of adherence to rites and rituals, with the fetter of ignorance, is a fetter and also associated with fetters, the fetter of ignorance with the fetter of attachment to rites and rituals, is both a fetter and associated with fetters, the fetter of craving for existence with the fetter of ignorance, is both a fetter and associated with fetters, the fetter of ignorance with the fetter of craving for existence, is both a fetter and associated with fetters, the fetter of envy with the fetter of ignorance, is both a fetter and associated with fetters, the fetter of ignorance with the fetter of envy, is both a fetter and associated with fetters, the fetter of avarice with the fetter of ignorance, is both a fetter and associated with fetters, the fetter of ignorance with the fetter of avarice, is both a fetter and associated with fetters – these phenomena are both fetters and associated with fetters. 1137. Which phenomena are associated with fetters but are not fetters? Those phenomena that are associated with these phenomena, excluding those phenomena, the aggregate of feeling...pe...the aggregate of consciousness – these phenomena are associated with fetters but are not fetters. 1138. Which phenomena are dissociated from fetters but are liable to be fettered? Those phenomena that are dissociated from these phenomena, with influxes, wholesome, unwholesome, indeterminate phenomena, belonging to the sense sphere, the form sphere, the formless sphere; the aggregate of form...pe...the aggregate of consciousness – these phenomena are dissociated from fetters but are liable to be fettered. 1139. Which phenomena are dissociated from fetters and are not liable to be fettered? The unincluded paths, and the fruits of the paths, and the unconditioned element – these phenomena are dissociated from fetters and are not liable to be fettered. Cluster of Bonds 1140. Which phenomena are bonds? There are four bonds – covetousness, a bodily bond, ill-will, a bodily bond, attachment to rites and rituals, a bodily bond, dogmatic adherence to "this is the truth," a bodily bond. 1141. Among these, what is covetousness, a bodily bond? That passion, strong passion, inclination, compliance, delight, delightful passion, strong passion of mind, desire, infatuation, clinging, greed, excessive greed, attachment, mire, agitation, delusion, producer, generator, seamstress, net, river. Poisonous attachment, a thread, spreading, striving, a second (craving), a guide to becoming, desire, craving, intimacy, affection, expectation, a bond, hope, wishing, the state of wishing, hope for forms, hope for sounds, hope for smells, hope for tastes, hope for touches, hope for gain, hope for wealth, hope for children, hope for life, longing, intense longing, coveting, longing, the state of longing, greed, being greedy, the state of being greedy, begging, desire for approval, unrighteous passion, perverse greed, attachment, longing, aspiration, desiring, strong aspiration, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for becoming, craving for non-becoming, craving for forms, craving for formless states, craving for cessation, craving for forms, craving for sounds, craving for smells, craving for tastes, craving for touches, craving for mental objects, a flood, a yoke, a knot, clinging, an obstruction, a hindrance, a covering, a bond, a defilement, a latent tendency, an obsession, a creeper, perplexity, the root of suffering, the origin of suffering, the source of suffering, Māra's snare, Māra's hook, Māra's domain, the river of craving, the net of craving, the leash of craving, the ocean of craving, covetousness, greed, the root of unwholesome states— This is called the bodily knot of covetousness. 1142. What then is the bodily knot of ill will? 'He acted to my detriment'— thus resentment arises. 'He acts to my detriment'— thus resentment arises. 'He will act to my detriment'— thus resentment arises. 'He acted to the detriment of my dear, beloved one'— thus resentment arises. 'He acts to the detriment of my dear, beloved one'— thus resentment arises. 'He will act to the detriment of my dear, beloved one'— thus resentment arises. 'He acted to the benefit of my disliked, unloved one'— thus resentment arises. 'He acts to the benefit of my disliked, unloved one'— thus resentment arises. 'He will act to the benefit of my disliked, unloved one'— thus resentment arises. Or resentment arises without cause. Whatever such mental resentment, aversion, irritation, opposition, anger, intense anger, extreme anger, hatred, malice, extreme malice, mental ill will, mental defilement, wrath, being angry, the state of being angry, hatred, being hostile, the state of being hostile, ill will, being malicious, the state of being malicious, opposition, counter-opposition, ferocity, ill-temper, mental displeasure, discontent of mind— This is called the bodily knot of ill will. 1143. What then is the bodily knot of adherence to rites and rituals? The precepts of recluses and brahmins outside of this (teaching)... No purity, Purity by vows, Purity by moral practices and vows – whatever such a view, a view-gone, a view-thicket, a view-wilderness, a view-agitation, a view-struggle, a view-fetter, a grasping, a holding fast, an adherence, a clinging, a wrong path, a false path, a wrongness, a heretical ground, a perverted grasping – this is called the bodily knot of clinging to moral practices and vows. 1144. Among these, what is the bodily knot of insistence on 'this is the truth'? The world is eternal, this alone is true, anything else is foolish, or; The world is not eternal, this alone is true, anything else is foolish, or; The world is finite, this alone is true, anything else is foolish, or; The world is infinite, this alone is true, anything else is foolish, or; The soul is the same as the body, this alone is true, anything else is foolish, or; The soul is one thing, the body another, this alone is true, anything else is foolish, or; The Tathāgata exists after death, this alone is true, anything else is foolish, or; The Tathāgata does not exist after death, this alone is true, anything else is foolish, or;