Reading guide
Four kinds of grasping, one already familiar
Sensual pleasures, views, precepts and observances, and theories of a self — the fourth of which, attavādupādāna, names the same personal-existence view already traced across SN 24's own 96 discourses in this project's earlier coverage.
Key terms
kāmupādānaṁ, diṭṭhupādānaṁ, sīlabbatupādānaṁ, attavādupādānaṁ — “grasping at sensual pleasures, views, precepts and observances, and theories of a self” — this discourse's own complete, fourfold list
āvuso — “reverend, friend” — the reciprocal address term Jambukhādaka and Sāriputta use throughout this saṃyutta
pañhā — “question” — the recurring suffix naming every discourse's own Pali title throughout this saṃyutta
atthi... maggo atthi paṭipadā — “is there a path and a practice” — this saṃyutta's own recurring path-confirmation question, asked with only its object changing from SN 38.1 through SN 38.15
dvādasamaṁ — “twelfth” — this discourse's own untranslated closing ordinal
The text
The portion of this discourse Sujato's own English translation renders. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘grasping’. What is grasping?” “Reverend, there are these four kinds of grasping. Grasping at sensual pleasures, views, precepts and observances, and theories of a self. These are the four kinds of grasping.” “But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for completely understanding these four kinds of grasping?” “There is.” …
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Self-check quiz
2 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 2
What four kinds of grasping does Sāriputta name?
Correct: A. A fourfold list, the fourth of which names the personal-existence view.
Question 2 of 2
Which earlier saṃyutta in this project already traced the fourth kind of grasping at length?
Correct: A. The personal-existence view — "this is mine, I am this, this is my self" — already traced in Book III's own coverage.