Kāmabhūsutta untranslated

Kāmabhūsutta 01. Kāmabhū visits Ānanda at Ghositārāma in Kosambī and asks him whether the senses are the bonds of objects or objects the bonds of senses. Ānanda answers that neither is true; the bond is the desire and lust that arise owing to the senses and the objects with which they come in contact. The Buddha, for instance, is free from such bondage (SN.iv.165).

The same question is asked of Sāriputta by Koṭṭhita, who receives the same reply (SN.iv.162f).

Kāmabhūsutta 02. Cittagahapati visits Kāmabhū at Ambāṭakavana in Macchikāsaṇḍa and is asked to solve a riddle: Nelaṅgo setapacchādo ekāro vattatī ratho

Anīghaṁ passa āyantaṁ chinnasotaṁ abandhanaṁ. Citta explains this as referring to the Arahant and points out the significance of each term (SN.iv.291f). In the Udāna (p.76; Ud­a.370f; cf. Dhs­a.398) the words of the riddle are mentioned as having been used by the Buddha in reference to Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya.

Kāmabhūsutta 03. Records another visit of Citta to Kāmabhū. Citta asks a series of questions about the activities of the body, speech and mind and their cessation. Kāmabhū explains them to Citta’s satisfaction. SN.iv.293.