The five aggregates given in full, closing with the saṃyutta's own translated colophon
Length
~2 minutes to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — familiar content, closing on the most recognizable category in the canon
Why this discourse
Closes Kilesasaṃyutta, and with it this book's own trio of sister saṃyuttas (SN 25–27) built on the identical ten-category sequence, on the same category SN 25.10 and SN 26.10 each closed with: the five aggregates, given in full, followed by a colophon Sujato did translate: "The Linked Discourses on corruptions are complete."
Reading guide
The five aggregates, desire for them the mind's own corruption
"Desire and greed for form, feeling, perception, choices, or consciousness is a corruption of the mind" — the aggregates receiving the identical formula given to all nine categories before them, in full, unelided, closing this saṃyutta's own version of the shared ten-category sequence.
The complete arc, restated one final time
"When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these five cases, their mind inclines to renunciation. A mind imbued with renunciation is said to be fit for work regarding anything that can be realized by insight" — the full three-step arc from corruption through renunciation to fitness for insight, given completely one final time.
A colophon Sujato actually translated
"The Linked Discourses on corruptions are complete" (sn27.10:2.5) — quotable here exactly as Sujato rendered it, confirming this saṃyutta's official name and its complete ten discourses, matching SN 25.10 and SN 26.10's own translated closing colophons.
Three sister saṃyuttas, one shared body of material, three questions
Looking back across SN 25, 26, and 27 together: the identical ten-category sequence (sense faculties through the aggregates), examined through who is progressing toward stream-entry (Okkantasaṃyutta), what suffering itself directly consists of (Uppādasaṃyutta), and now what corrupts the mind and readies it for insight (Kilesasaṃyutta) — thirty discourses total, one shared analytical spine, three complementary readings.
Key terms
khandha — aggregate — form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness, this discourse's own closing category
rūpa/vedanā/saññā/saṅkhāra/viññāṇa — form / feeling / perception / choices / consciousness — the five aggregates, named in full one final time
kilesasaṃyuttaṁ samattaṁ — "the Linked Discourses on corruptions are complete" — this saṃyutta's own colophon, translated by Sujato and quoted here exactly as it stands
chandarāga / nekkhamma / abhiññā — desire-and-greed / renunciation / insight — this saṃyutta's own three-step arc, given completely one final time
kilesa — corruption — this saṃyutta's own recurring term, closing all ten discourses
The text
The complete discourse: the five aggregates named a corruption of the mind, the full three-step arc, and the saṃyutta's own translated closing colophon. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, desire and greed for form, feeling, perception, choices, or consciousness is a corruption of the mind. When a mendicant has given up mental corruption in these five cases, their mind inclines to renunciation. A mind imbued with renunciation is said to be fit for work regarding anything that can be realized by insight.”
§2The Linked Discourses on corruptions are complete.
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Self-check quiz
Ten questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 10
What five items does this discourse examine?
Correct: A. This saṃyutta's tenth and final analytical category.
Question 2 of 10
How does this discourse's treatment compare to SN 27.4–9's own compressed pages?
Correct: A. The complete three-step arc given in full, closing this saṃyutta's own sequence.
Question 3 of 10
What is unique about this discourse's closing colophon?
Correct: A. "The Linked Discourses on corruptions are complete."
Question 4 of 10
What does this colophon confirm?
Correct: A. Matching SN 25.10 and SN 26.10's own translated closing colophons.
Question 5 of 10
What three complementary questions do SN 25, 26, and 27 together ask of the identical ten-category sequence?
Correct: A. Okkantasaṃyutta, Uppādasaṃyutta, and Kilesasaṃyutta's own three distinct lenses.
Question 6 of 10
How many total discourses do SN 25, 26, and 27 together comprise?
Correct: A. One shared analytical spine, three complementary readings.
Question 7 of 10
Where is this discourse set?
Correct: A. Matching the setting of most discourses in this saṃyutta.
Question 8 of 10
What three-step arc does this discourse give in full one final time?
Correct: A. Chandarāga, nekkhamma, and abhiññā, this saṃyutta's own standing sequence.
Question 9 of 10
What saṃyutta does this discourse close?
Correct: A. This book's eighth saṃyutta, now complete in ten discourses.
Question 10 of 10
What did Khandhavagga (SN 22) already devote 159 discourses to examining?
Correct: A. This discourse revisits the same category most readers of this project will already recognize.
