Life is suffering, these things create suffering, there is a way out of suffering, the solution is the Noble 8fold path. Thanissaro Bhikkhu has done a huge job collecting texts explaining The 4 Noble Truths. Click the link and read it

Right view. Right Thought. Right Speech. Right Action. Right Lifestyle. Right Effort. Right Mindfulness. It is not only about doing the “right”thing but being in life in a way that the “right” thing becomes the natural thing.

The foundational things we battle with are called The 3 Lakshanas. I call them the 3 impossibles since they are impossible to achieve! We want a permanent, consistent, self. You can read more about them via the link

The 5 hindrances are what is keeping us in a distance to reality. They are wants and avoidance (the 4th and 5th fetter) inaction and agitation (3rd and 9th fetter) and they are doubt (2nd Fetter)

“There are these ten fetters. Which ten? Five lower fetters & five higher fetters. And which are the five lower fetters? Self-identity views, uncertainty, grasping at precepts & practices, sensual desire, & ill will. These are the five lower fetters. And which are the five higher fetters? Passion for form, passion for what is formless, conceit, restlessness, & ignorance. These are the five higher fetters. And these are the ten fetters.”

In my opinion a very important sutta when it comes to the work we do in the first 3 fetters. And it ties the 1st and 8th Fetter together.

It is also the sutta referring to the raft that you need to let go of and not cling to meaning to let to of any view that has taken you to a new place. Let it go.

The constant discussion of the first 3 fetters gets resolved in this sutta!. People are intent on the idea of ‘I-making’ and attached to the idea of ‘other-making.’ Some don’t realise this, nor do they see it as an arrow.” Kinda says it all! Click the link and read it

Lovely poem describing the sense of FetterWork. Note especially the sentence ”he theory free he goes to no theory”. It really emphasises the point that the fetters are only concepts! We need to “leave the raft” when we get to the shore.

“Whatever’s not yours: Let go of it.” it can not be said more clear! There is no “I” so let go of it!. Any sensory experience you have is just that. Nothing more! So let go of all the proliferation about it! Click the link and read the sutta. This is also a sutta worthy of meditating upon

It is the sutta that teaches us the only thing we need to focus on and the only things that are reality. In the seen simply the seen, in the heard simply the heard. Everything else is fantasy created by the mind and will lead to suffering because of expectations, wishes, desire, avoidance and so on.

It is the one about Andanda, Buddhas best friend and life companion says that spiritual friendships are half of the spiritual life and the Buddha corrects him and say “no! it is the entire life!”

You will come to the same realisation when you reach 4th and 5th Fetter

One of the big issues when we do FetterWork is gauging how much to say, when to speak and in general just figure out if we are talking for ourselves to get our point across or if it is truly kind, true, helpful and timely.
To sum up the speech precepts you can ask yourself; is my speech true, kind, helpful, harmonious and free from idle chatter?

The Anathapindikovada Sutta is a meditation sutta that I here read for you.

You are supposed to sit and listen to it and let the reflections take you where they are.

After it is done, sit in silence and allow the insights to settle in you.

This is another great meditation sutta. You sit as if you are meditating and read it out loud. Have a monotome voice. Breathe while you read it. Be calm and see where the insights take you.

I have used this sutta in periods where I have experienced other peoples aggravation towards me and it has always helped me in re-gaining my perspective.

The Satipatthana Sutta is most likely the most known sutta since it is the sutta that is the foundation of all mindfulness coaches!

It is also known as the mindfulness sutta.

Basically; when you do one thing you do it with your full awareness.. no multitasking!

The Sukhamāla Sutta is reminding us of what is reality. It is a good sutta to re-read when you get caught in all the “important things” of the Ego such as youth, wealth or anything else “intoxicating our lives”

This is meant to be the earliest account of how it was for the Buddha to go from a normal “run of the mill person” and into enlightenment.

I think the sutta is really useful for us to keep things in perspective and recognise where we are ourselves in the path.

This is the misunderstood sutta! It is the one some people interpret to that “I can do whatever I want!” and it is not what it says! It tells us not to follow rules because there are rules but to find out what is true within us, not with Ego Greed! It is also the sutta that (for me) clearly indicate that Buddhism is not a religion to be done correctly. But a set of insights to be explored and lived.

The Adittapariyaya Sutta is a clear clue to the fact that our sensory perception is clouded by thoughts, what I call Post-Its. There is a pure sensory experience and the FetterWork helps us in keeping it at that and with direct pointing discover what we add to the pure experience

Is probably the most misquoted sutta where the point is delivered properly! Whatever somebody does to you, it is not yours! It is theirs! It only become yours if you accept it as yours. Super Sutta for the 5th FetterWork

This sutta is about Dependent co-arising.
It is not cause and effect! It didnt really make sense to me until I really understood how the 8Fold Noble Path is interwoven. There is a really good book by Dhivan called “This Being, That Becomes” that I can warmly recommend you.

I like to go through the 37 practices of the Bodhisattva when people start working with the 9th and 10th Fetter.

If you think you are awake then read the “even if”-verses starting at the 12th verse and get back to me!

They are so clear when it comes to what it really means to have no self, to have no attachment, to be present with what is, no matter what that is!

Love it!

The 4 Brahmaviharas are the 4 directions we work to expand.

They are love (metta),
Compassion (karuna),
Joy on another persons behalf (mudita)
Equanimity (uppekha)

The Karaniya sutta is about loving kindness.

The foundational attitude.
You can not always be happy but you can always be kind.

I have yet to experience a situation that could not be resolved with love. Love towards one self and love towards all other beings. Feel free to message me if you find one.

Not much to say really!
The sutta describes it completely clear!
Nirvana is when we are in a state of pure being, where there is no dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, and are living in a state where the perceptions and emotions/feelings no longer have any hold. Basically the 10th Fetter.

The 10 perfections are how we are supposed to be in the world. I have to say that when you work with the 10 Fetters it comes natural. I have used them as antidotes if something came up that I could not tackle.

The 10 Perfections are: Discernment, Good Will, Truth, Virtue, Relinquishment, Generosity, Renunciation, Calm, Endurance & Equanimity
The link is a compilation from a lot of suttas.

The Diamond sutta is an entire book but it is not called “a book” but instead “The Body of the Buddha”

In the link you find a pdf but that is only one of the many translations. This one is of Red Pine (Bill Porter) and I tend to like his writing. Read it as a good night story or have someone read it out loud for you. How should you view your life? “As a lamp, a cataract, a star in space, an illusion, a dewdrop, a bubble, a dream, a cloud, a flash of lightning, view all created things like this.”