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The Buddha teaches on grasping aggregates, presenting a ninefold teaching for disciples on the path.

AN 9.66 Grasping Aggregates

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, upādānakkhandhā. Katame pañca? Rūpupādānakkhandho, vedanupādānakkhandho, saññupādānakkhandho, saṅkhārupādānakkhandho, viññāṇupādānakkhandho— ime kho, bhikkhave, pañcupādānakkhandhā.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ pahānāya …pe… ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.

Catutthaṁ.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, upādānakkhandhā.

“Mendicants, there are these five grasping aggregates.

Katame pañca?

What five?

Rūpupādānakkhandho, vedanupādānakkhandho, saññupādānakkhandho, saṅkhārupādānakkhandho, viññāṇupādānakkhandho—

The grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.

ime kho, bhikkhave, pañcupādānakkhandhā.

These are the five grasping aggregates.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ pahānāya …pe… ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.

To give up these five grasping aggregates you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. …”

Catutthaṁ.

Topics & Qualities:

Attachment

Attachment

☁️ dark quality

A mental fastening onto people, things, views, or states as “me” or “mine,” unwilling to release them. This clinging can give a sense of security and sweetness.

Also known as: acquisition, bond, clinging, grasping, holding on, possession, entanglement, bound, connected, taking as mine
Pāli: upadhi, upādāna, sakiñcana, mamatta
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Cultivation

Cultivation

☀️ bright quality

The active practice of 'bringing into being' wholesome states. It is the deliberate nurturing of the bright state of mind.

Also known as: development, improvement, meditation, nurturing, growth
Pāli: bhāvanā
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Jhana

Jhana

topic
☀️ bright quality

An abiding with a steady, collected awareness that is attained through seclusion from the five hindrances and unwholesome mental states. When supported by right view, a jhāna can be a basis for the wearing away of taints and directing the mind toward the vision of Nibbāna.

Also known as: meditation, undistracted awareness, absorption, mental absorption
Pāli: jhāna, samāhita, susamāhita, sammāsamādhi
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Mindfulness

Mindfulness

☀️ bright quality

Active presence of mind and lucid retention; the faculty that remembers the Dhamma, anchors attention to the chosen object or present experience, and guards the mind against unwholesome states.

Also known as: recollecting, remembering, keeping in mind, presence, awareness
Pāli: sati, anussati
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Last updated on July 27, 2026

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