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# SN 46:29 · One Quality (Ekadhamma Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-46-29/
- Published: 2026-06-01T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:43:53.000Z
- Description: Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 46:29. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Discourse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

“Monks, I don’t envision any one other quality that, when thus developed & pursued, leads to the abandoning of things conducive to the fetters,[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN46%5F29.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) aside from the seven factors for awakening. Which seven?

“There is the case where a monk develops *mindfulness* as a factor for awakening dependent on seclusion, dependent on dispassion, dependent on cessation, resulting in letting go. He develops *analysis of qualities* as a factor for awakening… *persistence* as a factor for awakening… *rapture* as a factor for awakening… *calm* as a factor for awakening… *concentration* as a factor for awakening… *equanimity* as a factor for awakening dependent on seclusion, dependent on dispassion, dependent on cessation, resulting in letting go.

“When thus developed & pursued, the seven factors for awakening lead to the abandoning of things conducive to the fetters.

“And what are the things conducive to the fetters? The eye is a thing conducive to the fetters. It is here that these fetters, shackles, & graspings arise.

“The ear… the nose… the tongue… the body… the intellect is a thing conducive to the fetters. It is here that these fetters, shackles, & graspings arise. These are called the things conducive to the fetters.”

Note

1\. *Saññojanīyā dhammā.* NDB mistakenly translates this as “things that fetter.” But as [SN 35:191](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-35-191/) makes clear, the senses are not fetters. The fetter lies in the desire-passion that arises in dependence on each sense organ and its appropriate object.

See also: [SN 4:19](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-4-19/); [SN 35:117](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-35-117/)

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN46%5F29.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*