At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, there are these four floods. What four? The floods of sensuality, desire to be reborn, views, and ignorance. These are the four floods. The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four floods.” (Tell in full as in the section on searches.)

Linked Discourses 45.172 14. Floods Yokes

“Mendicants, there are these four yokes. What four? The yokes of sensual pleasures, future lives, views, and ignorance. These are the four yokes. The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four yokes.”

Linked Discourses 45.173 14. Floods Grasping

“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of grasping. What four? Grasping at sensual pleasures, views, precepts and observances, and theories of a self. These are the four kinds of grasping. The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these four kinds of grasping.”

Linked Discourses 45.174 14. Floods Personal Ties