← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN35.104Connected Discourses 35.104SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 35.10411. Sanctuary from the YokeSanctuary from the YokeAt Sāvatthī.“Mendicants, I will teach you an exposition of the teaching, an explanation of one who has found sanctuary from the yoke.Listen …And what is an exposition of the teaching, an explanation of one who has found sanctuary from the yoke?There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.The Realized One has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.He teaches yoking oneself to meditation for giving them up. That’s why the Realized One is called one who has found sanctuary from the yoke. …There are ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.The Realized One has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.He teaches yoking oneself to meditation for giving them up. That’s why the Realized One is called one who has found sanctuary from the yoke.This is an exposition of the teaching, an explanation of one who has found sanctuary from the yoke.”