The five lower fetters are five ways our habits of mind keep us bound to suffering. We will look at each of them and their characteristics, as well as certain characteristics of the first three fetters that makes them more basic than the latter two.

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00:00 Intro
02:09 Two strengths of “lower fetters”
02:47 First lower fetter
04:34 Second lower fetter
07:13 Third lower fetter
09:19 Last two lower fetters vs. the first three
10:30 Fourth lower fetter
13:13 Fifth lower fetter
15:09 The path of progress

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