[276] (72) Bhikkhus, there are these five bondages of the mind (cetaso vinibandhā). What five? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is not devoid of lust for sensual pleasures, not devoid of desire, not devoid of affection, not devoid of thirst, not devoid of fever, not devoid of craving (taṇhā). Bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu is not devoid of lust for sensual pleasures, not devoid of desire, not devoid of affection, not devoid of thirst, not devoid of fever, not devoid of craving, his mind (citta) does not incline to ardour, to application, to perseverance, to striving. When one's mind does not incline to ardour, to application, to perseverance, to striving, this is the first bondage of the mind.
Again, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is not devoid of lust for the body; he is not devoid of lust for form; having eaten as much as his belly will hold, he dwells devoted to the pleasure of lying down, the pleasure of lolling, the pleasure of drowsing; he lives the holy life aspiring to a certain order of deities, thinking: "By this virtue, or observance, or austerity, or holy life, I shall become a deva or one among the devas."¹ Bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu lives the holy life aspiring to a certain order of deities, thinking: "By this virtue, or observance, or austerity, or holy life, I shall become a deva or one among the devas," his mind does not incline to ardour, to application, to perseverance, to striving. This is the fifth bondage of the mind. These, bhikkhus, are the five bondages of the mind.
Bhikkhus, for the abandoning of these five bondages of the mind, the four establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna) should be developed. What four? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu dwells contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having removed covetousness and grief regarding the world; regarding feelings (vedanā) …; regarding minds (citta) …; he dwells contemplating dhammas in dhammas, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having removed covetousness and grief regarding the world. Bhikkhus, for the abandoning of these five bondages of the mind, these four establishments of mindfulness should be developed.
The Satipaṭṭhāna Chapter, the Second.
Its summary (uddāna):
Training, hindrances, sensual pleasures, aggregates, and the lower [fetters],
Destination, and meanness, the higher [fetters] as the eighth,
Barrenness of heart, and bondage.²
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The Chapter on Right Strivings (sammappadhāna), the Second [sic].
¹ Footnote in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: the Burmese (Ma.) edition reads avigata- (for avīta-) here and likewise in what follows.
² Footnote marker ๑ appears here in the Siam Raṭṭha edition.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.