Buddha is Freed From 10 Things | Sutta Exploration | AN 10s #81 | Ajahn Dhammasiha

Sutta Study with Ajahn Dhammasiha, Anguttara Nikāya, Book of Tens, No 81, 'Bahuna'.
Reading from the English translation by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi: "Numerical Discourses of the Buddha", page 1440

The Tathagata describes himself as freed from 10 things:

1. Form (Rūpa)
2. Feeling (Vedanā)
3. Perception (Saññā)
4. Intention/Will/Volition (Sankhārā)
5. Consciousness (Viññāṇaṃ)

(These are the 5 Groups of Clinging - Pañcupādānakkhandhā)

6. Birth (Jāti)
7. Aging (Jarā)
8. Death (Maraṇaṃ)
9. Suffering (Dukkha)
10. Mental Defilements = Greed, Hate & Delusion (Kilesā)

Released, detached, and emancipated from these ten, the Tathāgata dwells with a mind free from restrictions; just as a lotus flower, though born in the water and gorwn up in the water, rises up above the water and stands unsoiled by the water.

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