6.
The Discourse on Mental Fetters
6.
"There are these two things, monks.
Which two?
Observing gratification in phenomena subject to mental fetters, and observing disenchantment in phenomena subject to mental fetters.
Monks, one dwelling observing gratification in phenomena subject to mental fetters does not abandon lust, does not abandon hate, does not abandon delusion.
Not having abandoned lust, not having abandoned hate, not having abandoned delusion, he is not released from birth, from ageing, from death, from sorrows, from lamentations, from sufferings, from displeasures, from anguishes.
He is not released from suffering, I say.
Monks, one dwelling observing disenchantment in phenomena subject to mental fetters abandons lust, abandons hate, abandons delusion. Having abandoned lust, having abandoned hate, having abandoned delusion, he is released from birth, from ageing, from death, from sorrows, from lamentations, from sufferings, from displeasures, from anguishes. He is released from suffering, I say. These, monks, are the two things." The sixth.