The concept of the ten fetters is one of the Buddha’s discoveries. He called them Samyojana – a word from the ancient Pali language that means fetter. You can find them in the Pali Canon, the earliest preserved discourses of the historical Buddha.
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Articles that explain context and background.
They offer clarity and understanding of the Buddhist framework, the ten fetters, and direct experience.
Restlessness: The 9th fetter
Restlessness is a state of insecurity and unease.
The sense of being: The 8th fetter
The sense of being is the assumption that I am.
Awakening: The end of suffering
When we no longer suffer, awakening has come. Awakening and the end of suffering are the same.
Spiritual awakening – a cosmic joke
What is actually meant when people talk about spiritual awakening? This text is about spiritual awakening using the concept of the 10 fetters as described by Buddha.
Direct Pointing – Why Direct Experience Is the Key Tool
For the inquiry into the self illusion and the other fetters, we work with direct pointing. I would like to invite you to find out what they are.
Seeing Only the Seen – Is Everything
Awakening does not add anything. It removes everything that was never real. What remains is just what is here: seeing, hearing, sensing – without an “I” behind it. This simple instruction points directly to the heart of awakening.
Expectations around Awakening
What do we actually expect from awakening? That everything becomes easy? That nothing disturbs us anymore? A direct look shows how often our assumptions miss the point.