The Ten Fetters: (Sanyojana)

A translation and explanation of the Ten Fetters, the Buddha's teaching on what binds living beings to the Sangsara and suffering.

If we have succeeded in releasing ourselves from all ten fetters we are Arahats. If we haven't,we can use them as a tool to see and identify those things which arise in the mind and keep us trapped in a world of suffering. We can patiently weaken their hold on us (which is our hold on them) and, ultimately, free ourselves from them forever.