The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2117 page)

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Samyé-Ling Centre
(Tibetan Buddhist centre in Scotland):
Sa
yojanas
(P
li,
sam-yuj
, ‘to bind to’). In Buddhism, bonds or fetters that tie a being to the Wheel of Becoming. Traditionally there are ten: belief in self (
sakk
ya-di
hi
), doubt (
vicikicch
), attachment to works and ceremonial observances (
s
labbata-par
m
sa
), attachment to sense-desire (
k
ma-r
ga
), anger (
vy
p
da
), attachment to the world of form (
r
pa-r
ga
), attachment to the formless world (

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