{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.8","id":"suttacentral_sn22.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.8/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, I will teach you how grasping leads to anxiety, and how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak. And how does grasping lead to anxiety? It\u2019s when an unlearned ordinary person regards form like this: \u2018This is mine, I am this, this is my self.\u2019 But that form of theirs decays and perishes, which gives rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. They regard feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness like this: \u2018This is mine, I am this, this is my self.\u2019 But that consciousness of theirs decays and perishes, which gives rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. That\u2019s how grasping leads to anxiety. And how does not grasping lead to freedom from anxiety? It\u2019s when a learned noble disciple regards form like this: \u2018This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.\u2019 When that form of theirs decays and perishes, it doesn\u2019t give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. They regard feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness like this: \u2018This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.\u2019 When that consciousness of theirs decays and perishes, it doesn\u2019t give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. That\u2019s how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety.\u201d","title":"Anxiety Because of Grasping (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":224}