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SN 45.172

Yokes

Yogasutta

from: 14. Floods

Yokes

“Mendicants, there are these four yokes. What four? The yokes of sensual pleasures, future lives, views, and ignorance. These are the four yokes.

The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four yokes.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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