69. Upadana Duka:
(i) (1219). What are the dhamma which are Clinging?
There are four kinds of Clinging, namely, cling to sense desire, clinging to wrong view, clinging to wrong view of the practice of morality, and clinging to the belief in (mind and matter as) atta, Self.
(1220). Of those (four kinds of Clinging), what is clinging to sense desire?
There are: sense desire, attachment to sensual pleasures, sensual delight, craving for sense pleasures, sensual infatuation, being overwhelmed by sensual craving.
~This is called clinging to sensual desire.
(1221). Of those (four kings of Clinging), what is clinging to wrong view?
There are clinging to the wrong view that there is no (benefit in giving) alms; that there is no (benefit in making) big sacrificial offerings; that there is (benefit in making) small sacrificial offerings; that there is no fruit or result of good or bad actions; that there is no present world; that there is no future world; that there is no (consequence of good or bad deeds done to one's) mother; that there is no (consequence of good or bad deeds done to one's) father; that there is no being reborn after death (i.e., that there is no afterlife); that there are no samanas or brahmanas in the world who have reached the higher attainment through their own endeavour and practice and who realize with special apperception the present and future existences and make them known. There are such wrong view, wrong view of that nature, the thicket of wrong view, the wilderness of wrong view, the thorny spike of wrong view, ine inconsistency of wrong view, the fetter of wrong view, obsession with wrong view, persistant obsession of wrong view, adherence to wrong view, misconception which is wrong view, detestable path, wrong course, wrongness, base of wrong view, tenacity of wrong view.
~This is called wrong view.
Leaving aside the clinging to wrong view of the practice of morality and clinging to the belief in (mind and matter as) atta, Self, all wrong views are also clinging to wrong view.
(1222). Of those (four kinds of Clinging), what is clinging to wrong view
of the practice of morality?
There is the view of samanas and brahmanas outside this Teaching that they can attain purity (to realize Nibbana) by means of thier morality, by means of their practice, and by means of their morality and practice. There are such wrong view,
wrong view of that nature, the thicket of wrong view, the wilderness of wrong view, the thorny spike of wrong view, ine inconsistency of wrong view, the fetter of wrong view, obsession with wrong view, persistant obsession of wrong view, adherence to wrong view, misconception which is wrong view, detestable path, wrong course, wrongness, base of wrong view, tenacity of wrong view.
~This is called cling to wrong view of the practice of morality.
(1223). Of those (four kinds of Clinging), what is clinging to the belief
in (mind and matter as) atta, Self?
In this matter, an uninformed worldling, not in the habit of associating with the ariyas, unskilled in the teaching of the ariyas, untrained in the teaching of the ariyas, not in the habit of associating with men of virtue, unskilled in the teaching of men of virtue, perceives-
(1) (a) Corporeality as atta, Self;
(b) atta as having Corporeality;
(c) Corporeality (as existing) in atta;
(d) atta (as existing) in Corporeality;
(2) (a) Sensation as atta; ...p...
(3) (a) Perception as atta; ...p...
(4) (a) Volitional Activities as atta; ...p...
(5) (a) Consciousness as atta;
(b) atta as having Consciousness;
(c) Consciousness (as existing) in atta;
(d) atta (as existing) in Consciousness.
There are such wrong view, wrong view of that nature, the thicket of wrong view, the wilderness of wrong view, the thorny spike of wrong view, ine inconsistency of wrong view, the fetter of wrong view, obsession with wrong view, persistant obsession of wrong view, adherence to wrong view, misconception which is wrong view, detestable path, wrong course, wrongness, base of wrong view, tenacity of wrong view.
~This is called cling to the belief in (mind and matter as) atta, Self.
~All these dhamma are Clinging.
(i) (1553). What are the dhamma which are Clinging?
There are: four kinds of Clinging, namely clinging to sense desire, clinging to wrong view, clinging to wrong view of the practice of morality, clinging to the belief in (mind and matter as) atta, Self.
Cling to sense desire arises in eight kinds of thought associated with greed. Cling to wrong view, cling to wrong view of the practice of morality, and clinging to the belief in (mind and matter as) atta, arise in four kinds of thought associated with wrong view.
~These are the dhamma which are Clinging.
