{"id":"an4.10","title":"Yokes","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.10","title":"Yokes","units":[{"id":"an4.10:0","sourceIds":["an4.10:0.1","an4.10:0.2","an4.10:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.10\n1. Bhaṇḍagāmavagga\nYogasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.10\n1. At Wares Village\nYokes"}},{"id":"an4.10:1","sourceIds":["an4.10:1.1","an4.10:1.2","an4.10:1.3","an4.10:1.4","an4.10:1.5","an4.10:1.6","an4.10:1.7","an4.10:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārome, bhikkhave, yogā.\nKatame cattāro?\nKāmayogo, bhavayogo, diṭṭhiyogo, avijjāyogo.\nKatamo ca, bhikkhave, kāmayogo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco kāmānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa kāmānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ appajānato yo kāmesu kāmarāgo kāmanandī kāmasneho kāmamucchā kāmapipāsā kāmapariḷāho kāmajjhosānaṁ kāmataṇhā sānuseti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kāmayogo.\nIti kāmayogo.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these four yokes.\nWhat four?\nThe yokes of sensual pleasures, future lives, views, and ignorance.\nAnd what is the yoke of sensual pleasures?\nIt’s when you don’t truly understand sensual pleasures’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.\nSo greed, relishing, affection, infatuation, thirst, passion, attachment, and craving for sensual pleasures linger on inside.\nThis is called the yoke of sensual pleasures.\nSuch is the yoke of sensual pleasures."}},{"id":"an4.10:2","sourceIds":["an4.10:2.1","an4.10:2.2","an4.10:2.3","an4.10:2.4","an4.10:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhavayogo ca kathaṁ hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco bhavānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa bhavānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ appajānato yo bhavesu bhavarāgo bhavanandī bhavasneho bhavamucchā bhavapipāsā bhavapariḷāho bhavajjhosānaṁ bhavataṇhā sānuseti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhavayogo.\nIti kāmayogo bhavayogo.","en":"And what is the yoke of future lives?\nIt’s when you don’t truly understand future lives’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.\nSo greed, relishing, affection, infatuation, thirst, passion, attachment, and craving for continued existence linger on inside.\nThis is called the yoke of future lives.\nSuch are the yokes of sensual pleasures and future lives."}},{"id":"an4.10:3","sourceIds":["an4.10:3.1","an4.10:3.2","an4.10:3.3","an4.10:3.4","an4.10:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhiyogo ca kathaṁ hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco diṭṭhīnaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa diṭṭhīnaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ appajānato yo diṭṭhīsu diṭṭhirāgo diṭṭhinandī diṭṭhisneho diṭṭhimucchā diṭṭhipipāsā diṭṭhipariḷāho diṭṭhijjhosānaṁ diṭṭhitaṇhā sānuseti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, diṭṭhiyogo.\nIti kāmayogo bhavayogo diṭṭhiyogo.","en":"And what is the yoke of views?\nIt’s when you don’t truly understand views’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.\nSo greed, relishing, affection, infatuation, thirst, passion, attachment, and craving for views linger on inside.\nThis is called the yoke of views.\nSuch are the yokes of sensual pleasures, future lives, and views."}},{"id":"an4.10:4","sourceIds":["an4.10:4.1","an4.10:4.2","an4.10:4.3","an4.10:4.4","an4.10:4.5","an4.10:4.6","an4.10:4.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Avijjāyogo ca kathaṁ hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.\nTassa channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ appajānato yā chasu phassāyatanesu avijjā aññāṇaṁ sānuseti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, avijjāyogo.\nIti kāmayogo bhavayogo diṭṭhiyogo avijjāyogo,\nsaṁyutto pāpakehi akusalehi dhammehi saṅkilesikehi ponobhavikehi sadarehi dukkhavipākehi āyatiṁ jātijarāmaraṇikehi. Tasmā ayogakkhemīti vuccati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro yogā.","en":"And what is the yoke of ignorance?\nIt’s when you don’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape,\nso ignorance and unknowing of the six fields of contact linger on inside.\nThis is called the yoke of ignorance.\nSuch are the yokes of sensual pleasures, future lives, views, and ignorance.\nThese are bad, unskillful qualities that are corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death. That’s why someone yoked to them is called: ‘one who has not found sanctuary from the yoke’.\nThese are the four yokes."}},{"id":"an4.10:5","sourceIds":["an4.10:5.1","an4.10:5.2","an4.10:5.3","an4.10:5.4","an4.10:5.5","an4.10:5.6","an4.10:5.7","an4.10:5.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cattārome, bhikkhave, visaṁyogā.\nKatame cattāro?\nKāmayogavisaṁyogo, bhavayogavisaṁyogo, diṭṭhiyogavisaṁyogo, avijjāyogavisaṁyogo.\nKatamo ca, bhikkhave, kāmayogavisaṁyogo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco kāmānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa kāmānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānato yo kāmesu kāmarāgo kāmanandī kāmasneho kāmamucchā kāmapipāsā kāmapariḷāho kāmajjhosānaṁ kāmataṇhā sā nānuseti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kāmayogavisaṁyogo.\nIti kāmayogavisaṁyogo.","en":"There are these four kinds of unyoking.\nWhat four?\nUnyoking from sensual pleasures, future lives, views, and ignorance.\nAnd what is unyoking from sensual pleasures?\nIt’s when you truly understand sensual pleasures’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.\nSo greed, relishing, affection, infatuation, thirst, passion, attachment, and craving for sensual pleasures don’t linger on inside.\nThis is called unyoking from sensual pleasures.\nSuch is unyoking from sensual pleasures."}},{"id":"an4.10:6","sourceIds":["an4.10:6.1","an4.10:6.2","an4.10:6.3","an4.10:6.4","an4.10:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhavayogavisaṁyogo ca kathaṁ hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco bhavānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa bhavānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānato yo bhavesu bhavarāgo bhavanandī bhavasneho bhavamucchā bhavapipāsā bhavapariḷāho bhavajjhosānaṁ bhavataṇhā sā nānuseti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhavayogavisaṁyogo.\nIti kāmayogavisaṁyogo bhavayogavisaṁyogo.","en":"And what is unyoking from future lives?\nIt’s when you truly understand future lives’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.\nSo greed, relishing, affection, infatuation, thirst, passion, attachment, and craving for continued existence don’t linger on inside.\nThis is called unyoking from future lives.\nSuch is unyoking from sensual pleasures and future lives."}},{"id":"an4.10:7","sourceIds":["an4.10:7.1","an4.10:7.2","an4.10:7.3","an4.10:7.4","an4.10:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhiyogavisaṁyogo ca kathaṁ hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco diṭṭhīnaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa diṭṭhīnaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānato yo diṭṭhīsu diṭṭhirāgo diṭṭhinandī diṭṭhisneho diṭṭhimucchā diṭṭhipipāsā diṭṭhipariḷāho diṭṭhijjhosānaṁ diṭṭhitaṇhā sā nānuseti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, diṭṭhiyogavisaṁyogo.\nIti kāmayogavisaṁyogo bhavayogavisaṁyogo diṭṭhiyogavisaṁyogo.","en":"And what is unyoking from views?\nIt’s when you truly understand views’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.\nSo greed, relishing, affection, infatuation, thirst, passion, attachment, and craving for views don’t linger on inside.\nThis is called unyoking from views.\nSuch is unyoking from sensual pleasures, future lives, and views."}},{"id":"an4.10:8","sourceIds":["an4.10:8.1","an4.10:8.2","an4.10:8.3","an4.10:8.4","an4.10:8.5","an4.10:8.6","an4.10:8.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Avijjāyogavisaṁyogo ca kathaṁ hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nTassa channaṁ phassāyatanānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānato yā chasu phassāyatanesu avijjā aññāṇaṁ sā nānuseti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, avijjāyogavisaṁyogo.\nIti kāmayogavisaṁyogo bhavayogavisaṁyogo diṭṭhiyogavisaṁyogo avijjāyogavisaṁyogo,\nvisaṁyutto pāpakehi akusalehi dhammehi saṅkilesikehi ponobhavikehi sadarehi dukkhavipākehi āyatiṁ jātijarāmaraṇikehi. Tasmā yogakkhemīti vuccati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro visaṁyogāti.","en":"And what is unyoking from ignorance?\nIt’s when you truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape,\nso ignorance and unknowing of the six fields of contact don’t linger on inside.\nThis is called unyoking from ignorance.\nSuch is unyoking from sensual pleasures, future lives, views, and ignorance.\nThese are bad, unskillful qualities that are corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death. That’s why someone unyoked from them is called: ‘one who has found sanctuary from the yoke’.\nThese are the four kinds of unyoking."}},{"id":"an4.10:9","sourceIds":["an4.10:9.1","an4.10:9.2","an4.10:9.3","an4.10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmayogena saṁyuttā,\nbhavayogena cūbhayaṁ;\nDiṭṭhiyogena saṁyuttā,\navijjāya purakkhatā.","en":"Yoked to both sensual pleasures\nand the desire to be reborn in a future life;\nyoked also to views,\nand governed by ignorance,"}},{"id":"an4.10:10","sourceIds":["an4.10:10.1","an4.10:10.2","an4.10:10.3","an4.10:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattā gacchanti saṁsāraṁ,\njātimaraṇagāmino;\nYe ca kāme pariññāya,\nbhavayogañca sabbaso.","en":"sentient beings continue to transmigrate,\nwith ongoing birth and death.\nBut those who fully understand sensual pleasures,\nand the yoke to all future lives;"}},{"id":"an4.10:11","sourceIds":["an4.10:11.1","an4.10:11.2","an4.10:11.3","an4.10:11.4","an4.10:11.5","an4.10:11.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhiyogaṁ samūhacca,\navijjañca virājayaṁ;\nSabbayogavisaṁyuttā,\nte ve yogātigā munī”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nBhaṇḍagāmavaggo paṭhamo.","en":"with the yoke of views eradicated,\nand ignorance dispelled,\nunyoked from all yokes,\ntruly those sages have slipped their yoke.”"}},{"id":"an4.10:12","sourceIds":["an4.10:12.0","an4.10:12.1","an4.10:12.2","an4.10:12.3","an4.10:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nAnubuddhaṁ papatitaṁ dve,\nKhatā anusotapañcamaṁ;\nAppassuto ca sobhanaṁ,\nVesārajjaṁ taṇhāyogena te dasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.10/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}