9.
The Discourse on Abandoning
9.
"Monks, the holy life is lived for the abandoning and eradication of seven mental fetters.
Which seven?
The holy life is lived for the abandoning and eradication of the mental fetter of friendliness, of the mental fetter of aversion, etc.
of the mental fetter of wrong view...
of the mental fetter of sceptical doubt...
of the mental fetter of conceit...
of the mental fetter of lust for existence...
the holy life is lived for the abandoning and eradication of the mental fetter of ignorance.
For the abandoning and eradication of these seven mental fetters, monks, the holy life is lived.
And when, monks, for a monk the mental fetter of friendliness has been abandoned, its root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future.
The mental fetter of aversion, etc.
the mental fetter of wrong view...
the mental fetter of sceptical doubt...
the mental fetter of conceit...
the mental fetter of lust for existence...
the mental fetter of ignorance has been abandoned, its root cut off, made like a palm stump, brought to obliteration, subject to non-arising in the future.
This is called, monks, a monk who has cut off craving, turned back the mental fetters, through the complete full realisation of conceit has made an end of suffering."
The ninth.