{"id":"an7.51","title":"Yoking and Unyoking","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.51","title":"Yoking and Unyoking","units":[{"id":"an7.51:0","sourceIds":["an7.51:0.1","an7.51:0.2","an7.51:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.51\n5. Mahāyaññavagga\nSaṁyogasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.51\n5. A Great Sacrifice\nYoking and Unyoking"}},{"id":"an7.51:1","sourceIds":["an7.51:1.1","an7.51:1.2","an7.51:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saṁyogavisaṁyogaṁ vo, bhikkhave, dhammapariyāyaṁ desessāmi.\nTaṁ suṇātha …pe…\nkatamo ca so, bhikkhave, saṁyogo visaṁyogo dhammapariyāyo?","en":"“Mendicants, I will teach you an exposition of the teaching on yoking and unyoking.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak. …\nAnd what is the exposition of the teaching on yoking and unyoking?"}},{"id":"an7.51:2","sourceIds":["an7.51:2.1","an7.51:2.2","an7.51:2.3","an7.51:2.4","an7.51:2.5","an7.51:2.6","an7.51:2.7","an7.51:2.8","an7.51:2.9","an7.51:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itthī, bhikkhave, ajjhattaṁ itthindriyaṁ manasi karoti—\nitthikuttaṁ itthākappaṁ itthividhaṁ itthicchandaṁ itthissaraṁ itthālaṅkāraṁ.\nSā tattha rajjati tatrābhiramati.\nSā tattha rattā tatrābhiratā bahiddhā purisindriyaṁ manasi karoti—\npurisakuttaṁ purisākappaṁ purisavidhaṁ purisacchandaṁ purisassaraṁ purisālaṅkāraṁ.\nSā tattha rajjati tatrābhiramati.\nSā tattha rattā tatrābhiratā bahiddhā saṁyogaṁ ākaṅkhati.\nYañcassā saṁyogapaccayā uppajjati sukhaṁ somanassaṁ tañca ākaṅkhati.\nItthatte, bhikkhave, abhiratā sattā purisesu saṁyogaṁ gatā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, itthī itthattaṁ nātivattati.","en":"A woman focuses on her own femininity:\nher feminine moves, feminine appearance, feminine ways, feminine desires, feminine voice, and feminine adornment.\nShe’s stimulated by this and takes pleasure in it.\nSo she focuses on the masculinity of others:\nmasculine moves, masculine appearance, masculine ways, masculine desires, masculine voice, and masculine adornment.\nShe’s stimulated by this and takes pleasure in it.\nSo she desires to yoke herself to another.\nAnd she desires the pleasure and happiness that comes from such yoking.\nSentient beings who relish their femininity are yoked to men.\nThis is how a woman does not transcend her femininity."}},{"id":"an7.51:3","sourceIds":["an7.51:3.1","an7.51:3.2","an7.51:3.3","an7.51:3.4","an7.51:3.5","an7.51:3.6","an7.51:3.7","an7.51:3.8","an7.51:3.9","an7.51:3.10","an7.51:3.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puriso, bhikkhave, ajjhattaṁ purisindriyaṁ manasi karoti—\npurisakuttaṁ purisākappaṁ purisavidhaṁ purisacchandaṁ purisassaraṁ purisālaṅkāraṁ.\nSo tattha rajjati tatrābhiramati.\nSo tattha ratto tatrābhirato bahiddhā itthindriyaṁ manasi karoti—\nitthikuttaṁ itthākappaṁ itthividhaṁ itthicchandaṁ itthissaraṁ itthālaṅkāraṁ.\nSo tattha rajjati tatrābhiramati.\nSo tattha ratto tatrābhirato bahiddhā saṁyogaṁ ākaṅkhati.\nYañcassa saṁyogapaccayā uppajjati sukhaṁ somanassaṁ tañca ākaṅkhati.\nPurisatte, bhikkhave, abhiratā sattā itthīsu saṁyogaṁ gatā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puriso purisattaṁ nātivattati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saṁyogo hoti.","en":"A man focuses on his own masculinity:\nhis masculine moves, masculine appearance, masculine ways, masculine desires, masculine voice, and masculine adornment.\nHe’s stimulated by this and takes pleasure in it.\nSo he focuses on the femininity of others:\nfeminine moves, feminine appearance, feminine ways, feminine desires, feminine voice, and feminine adornment.\nHe’s stimulated by this and takes pleasure in it.\nSo he desires to yoke himself to another.\nAnd he desires the pleasure and happiness that comes from such yoking.\nSentient beings who relish their masculinity are yoked to women.\nThis is how a man does not transcend his masculinity.\nThis is how yoking comes about."}},{"id":"an7.51:4","sourceIds":["an7.51:4.1","an7.51:4.2","an7.51:4.3","an7.51:4.4","an7.51:4.5","an7.51:4.6","an7.51:4.7","an7.51:4.8","an7.51:4.9","an7.51:4.10","an7.51:4.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, visaṁyogo hoti?\nItthī, bhikkhave, ajjhattaṁ itthindriyaṁ na manasi karoti—\nitthikuttaṁ itthākappaṁ itthividhaṁ itthicchandaṁ itthissaraṁ itthālaṅkāraṁ.\nSā tattha na rajjati, sā tatra nābhiramati.\nSā tattha arattā tatra anabhiratā bahiddhā purisindriyaṁ na manasi karoti—\npurisakuttaṁ purisākappaṁ purisavidhaṁ purisacchandaṁ purisassaraṁ purisālaṅkāraṁ.\nSā tattha na rajjati, tatra nābhiramati.\nSā tattha arattā tatra anabhiratā bahiddhā saṁyogaṁ nākaṅkhati.\nYañcassā saṁyogapaccayā uppajjati sukhaṁ somanassaṁ tañca nākaṅkhati.\nItthatte, bhikkhave, anabhiratā sattā purisesu visaṁyogaṁ gatā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, itthī itthattaṁ ativattati.","en":"And how does unyoking come about?\nA woman doesn’t focus on her own femininity:\nher feminine moves, feminine appearance, feminine ways, feminine desires, feminine voice, and feminine adornment.\nShe isn’t stimulated by this and takes no pleasure in it.\nSo she doesn’t focus on the masculinity of others:\nmasculine moves, masculine appearance, masculine ways, masculine desires, masculine voice, and masculine adornment.\nShe isn’t stimulated by this and takes no pleasure in it.\nSo she doesn’t desire to yoke herself to another.\nNor does she desire the pleasure and happiness that comes from such yoking.\nSentient beings who do not relish their femininity are not yoked to men.\nThis is how a woman transcends her femininity."}},{"id":"an7.51:5","sourceIds":["an7.51:5.1","an7.51:5.2","an7.51:5.3","an7.51:5.4","an7.51:5.5","an7.51:5.6","an7.51:5.7","an7.51:5.8","an7.51:5.9","an7.51:5.10","an7.51:5.11","an7.51:5.12","an7.51:5.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puriso, bhikkhave, ajjhattaṁ purisindriyaṁ na manasi karoti—\npurisakuttaṁ purisākappaṁ purisavidhaṁ purisacchandaṁ purisassaraṁ purisālaṅkāraṁ.\nSo tattha na rajjati, so tatra nābhiramati.\nSo tattha aratto tatra anabhirato bahiddhā itthindriyaṁ na manasi karoti—\nitthikuttaṁ itthākappaṁ itthividhaṁ itthicchandaṁ itthissaraṁ itthālaṅkāraṁ.\nSo tattha na rajjati, tatra nābhiramati.\nSo tattha aratto tatra anabhirato bahiddhā saṁyogaṁ nākaṅkhati.\nYañcassa saṁyogapaccayā uppajjati sukhaṁ somanassaṁ tañca nākaṅkhati.\nPurisatte, bhikkhave, anabhiratā sattā itthīsu visaṁyogaṁ gatā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puriso purisattaṁ ativattati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, visaṁyogo hoti.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, saṁyogo visaṁyogo dhammapariyāyo”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"A man doesn’t focus on his own masculinity:\nmasculine moves, masculine appearance, masculine ways, masculine desires, masculine voice, and masculine adornment.\nHe isn’t stimulated by this and takes no pleasure in it.\nSo he doesn’t focus on the femininity of others:\nfeminine moves, feminine appearance, feminine ways, feminine desires, feminine voice, and feminine adornment.\nHe isn’t stimulated by this and takes no pleasure in it.\nSo he doesn’t desire to yoke himself to another.\nNor does he desire the pleasure and happiness that comes from such yoking.\nSentient beings who do not relish their masculinity are not yoked to women.\nThis is how a man transcends his masculinity.\nThis is how unyoking comes about.\nThis is the exposition of the teaching on yoking and unyoking.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.51/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."}