Song: From Bondage to Freedom Inspired by the Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta Yogakkhemivagga
[Verse 1]
The eye sees colors passing by,
The ear receives the sounds,
The nose knows fragrance in the air,
The tongue tastes all around.
The body feels the touch of life,
The mind creates its dreams,
But all these things are changing still,
Nothing is what it seems.
[Pre-Chorus]
When craving holds the heart,
The chains begin to grow,
When wisdom sees the truth,
The chains begin to go.
[Chorus]
From bondage to freedom,
From darkness into light,
Release the heart from craving,
And see the world aright.
No grasping, no clinging,
No “I am better” pride,
With wisdom and awareness,
True peace is found inside.
[Verse 2]
Contact gives rise to feeling,
And feeling calls desire,
Desire becomes attachment,
And attachment feeds the fire.
From craving comes more suffering,
A cycle turning round,
But when the roots of craving fade,
True freedom can be found.
[Pre-Chorus]
Know the eye, know the ear,
Know the mind and what they see,
Know the changing nature of things,
And let the heart be free.
[Chorus]
From bondage to freedom,
From darkness into light,
Release the heart from craving,
And see the world aright.
No grasping, no clinging,
No “I am better” pride,
With wisdom and awareness,
True peace is found inside.
[Bridge]
Colors fade, sounds disappear,
Feelings rise and fall,
Thoughts arise and pass away,
Nothing stays at all.
When the heart no longer clings,
When craving finds its end,
The mind discovers fearless peace,
And suffering cannot remain.
[Final Chorus]
From bondage to freedom,
From sorrow into peace,
Let wisdom cut the fetters,
Let craving finally cease.
The senses may still meet the world,
But the heart need not be bound,
With mindfulness and wisdom,
True freedom can be found.
[Outro]
See clearly, know deeply,
Hold nothing as “mine.”
Walk gently through the changing world,
And let the heart be free.
The Path Beyond Bondage: The Teachings of the Yogakkhemivagga
Tipiṭaka, Volume 18 — Sutta Piṭaka, Volume 10 — Saṃyutta Nikāya, Saḷāyatana Vagga, Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta, Paṇṇāsaka III
Bangkok — The teachings of the Yogakkhemivagga, found in the Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, present an important path of mindfulness and wisdom. Their central theme is the understanding of the six sense bases and the abandonment of craving, attachment, and fascination with objects experienced through the senses. This leads toward a state known as Yogakkhemi, the security or freedom from bondage.
The Yogakkhemivagga consists of ten discourses, from the Yogakkhemi Sutta through the Upassuti Sutta. They include teachings on grasping, the origin of suffering, the origin of the world, conceit, fetters, attachment, complete understanding of the internal and external sense bases, and attentive listening.
The opening Yogakkhemi Sutta explains that the Tathāgata has abandoned attractive and desirable objects connected with the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. Because the craving for these objects has been abandoned, the Tathāgata is described as one who has reached security from bondage. The teaching therefore emphasizes that true freedom does not come merely from hearing or speaking about the Dhamma; it comes from actually abandoning the causes of bondage.
The Upādāya Sutta explains how attachment to the six sense bases can give rise to pleasure and pain. The Buddha then directs attention to their impermanent nature. What is impermanent cannot provide permanent security and should not be clung to as something truly lasting.
The Dukkhasamudaya Sutta and Lokasamudaya Sutta explain the process through which suffering develops. Sense experience gives rise to contact; contact conditions feeling; feeling conditions craving; craving conditions grasping; and grasping conditions further existence and suffering. In this way, the arising of suffering is connected to the process of sensory experience and mental attachment.
The Seyyohamasmi Sutta addresses conceit expressed through thoughts such as “I am better,” while the Saṃyojaniya Sutta and Upādāniya Sutta explain how the sense bases can become fetters or objects of grasping when craving arises toward them.
The Ajjhattikāyatanaparijānana Sutta emphasizes complete understanding of the six internal sense bases, while the Bāhirāyatanaparijānana Sutta emphasizes complete understanding of the six external sense objects. The essential message is that suffering cannot be fully abandoned as long as craving remains toward these experiences. When they are understood clearly and craving fades, suffering can be brought to an end.
The teachings of the Yogakkhemivagga remain highly relevant to modern life. In an age filled with images, sounds, information, opinions, and digital stimulation, the six senses are constantly exposed to attractive and disturbing objects.
The Dhamma therefore offers a practical discipline: see without clinging, hear without clinging, experience without becoming enslaved by craving, and understand phenomena as they truly are.
True security does not necessarily mean escaping from the world. It means understanding the world clearly without allowing attachment and craving to dominate the mind.
This is the heart of the Yogakkhemivagga: from bondage to security, from craving to freedom, and from unexamined experience to liberating wisdom.
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