The Importance of Knowing the Arising Phenomena

The Buddha explains why in the next part of the teaching. He says to know not only the sense space in its object and the knowing of them, but also to know the fetter or the defilement that arises dependent on them. And it's that fetter or defilement or Kaleisa which keeps us from opening the clenched fist of our mind. So this is what we have to know, this is whatWe have to recognize. In our practice, we can watch for the arising of the fetter at any of the six sense stores. This has a profound impact on how we live.