Orambhāgiyasutta — Satipatthanavagga — the seventh chapter of the Nines
Setting
None stated in the source
Speakers
The Buddha alone, addressing the mendicants
Form
Five fetters named in full, then the remedy compressed to an ellipsis, matching AN 9.65-66
Length
~30 seconds to read
The fetters this whole nipāta has tracked
Ending these same five fetters is what produces a non-returner throughout this project, from AN 9.12's detailed classification onward
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆ — brief in text, naming a milestone this project has returned to repeatedly
Why this discourse
The five lower fetters — substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, sensual desire, and ill will — are given up the same way as every obstacle in this chapter, by developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
Reading guide
The teaching in one sentence
To give up the five lower fetters — substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, sensual desire, and ill will — a mendicant should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the same remedy given throughout this chapter.
The milestone this whole nipāta measures by
Ending these exact five fetters is what this project has repeatedly identified as producing non-return: AN 9.12's detailed nine-fold classification graded non-returners precisely by how they attain final extinguishment after these same five fetters end, and AN 9.22's wild-colt simile used the identical ending as its middle grade of attainment.
Naming the fetters plainly, without the classification's detail
Unlike AN 9.12's elaborate five-way subdivision of what happens after these fetters end, this discourse simply names the five fetters themselves and pairs them with the chapter's standard remedy — a plainer, more direct treatment of territory this nipāta has already explored in much greater depth.
Continuing this chapter's compressed form
As at AN 9.65 and AN 9.66, the four-foundation formula is reduced here to a bare ellipsis, relying on AN 9.63 and AN 9.64's earlier full treatment.
Key terms
pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni — “the five lower fetters” — this discourse's own title term, the same milestone marking non-return throughout this nipāta.
sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbataparāmāso — “substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances” — the first three fetters, shared with the standard four factors of stream-entry's own obstacles.
kāmacchando, byāpādo — “sensual desire, ill will” — the remaining two fetters, the same first two hindrances named at AN 9.64.
…pe… — the Pāli peyyāla marker, left untranslated as an ellipsis — marking where the four-foundation formula is compressed, as at AN 9.65 and AN 9.66.
cattāro satipaṭṭhānā — “the four kinds of mindfulness meditation” — the shared remedy, named but not spelled out in this discourse.
The text
The discourse in full, as it survives: five lower fetters given in full, then the remedy compressed to an ellipsis. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
The five lower fetters
§1“Mendicants, there are five lower fetters. What five? Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, sensual desire, and ill will. These are the five lower fetters.
The remedy, compressed
§2To give up these five lower fetters you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. …”
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Self-check quiz
6 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 6
What five lower fetters does this discourse name?
Correct: B. The same milestone this project has tracked repeatedly as marking non-return.
Question 2 of 6
Where has this project already explored the ending of these same five fetters in greater depth?
Correct: B. A milestone examined with much finer granularity earlier in this nipāta.
Question 3 of 6
How does this discourse's treatment compare to AN 9.12's?
Correct: B. The same territory, treated with far less elaboration here.
Question 4 of 6
What two fetters does this list share with AN 9.64's five hindrances?
Correct: B. An overlap worth noticing between two different standard obstacle-lists.
Question 5 of 6
How is the four-foundation remedy presented in this discourse?
Correct: B. Continuing this chapter's sustained compression.
Question 6 of 6
Is a setting given for this discourse?
Correct: C. A bare doctrinal teaching, matching this whole chapter's method.
