12. Oghavagga
12. The Chapter on Floods
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Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṁ, avijjā—
Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance.
Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya pañcindriyāni bhāvetabbāni.
The five faculties should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.
It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya imāni pañcindriyāni bhāvetabbānī”ti.
These five faculties should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”
Dasamaṁ.
(Yathā maggasaṁyuttaṁ, tathā vitthāretabbaṁ.)
(Tell in full as in the Linked Discourses on the Path, SN 45.171–179, with the above as the final discourse.)
Oghavaggo dvādasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ