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Cetasovinibandha Sutta [AN 9.82, PTS 4.463]

Also known as: Cetasovinibandhasuttaṃ

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The Discourse on Bondage of Mind

82.More Details "Monks, there are these five bondages of mind. Which five? Here, monks, a monk is not free from lust towards sensual pleasures... etc. These, monks, are the five bondages of mind.

"For the abandoning of these five bondages of mind, monks, the four right strivings are to be developed. Which four? Here, monks, a monk generates desire for the non-arising of unarisen evil unwholesome mental states, he strives, arouses energy, exerts the mind, and strives; for the abandoning of arisen evil unwholesome mental states... for the arising of unarisen wholesome mental states... he generates desire for the presence, non-decay, increase, expansion, development, and fulfilment of arisen wholesome mental states, he strives, arouses energy, exerts the mind, and strives. For the abandoning of these five bondages of mind, monks, these four right strivings are to be developed." The tenth.

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