SN 45.173 - Grasping Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/sn45.173/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 Linked Discourses 45.173 14. Floods Grasping “Mendicants, there are these four kinds of grasping. What four? Grasping at sensual pleasures, views, precepts and observances, and theories of a self. These are the four kinds of grasping. The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four kinds of grasping.”