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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.9

  • Numbered Discourses 4.9Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.9
  • 1. At Wares Village1. Bhaṇḍagāmavagga

The Arising of CravingTaṇhuppādasutta

“Mendicants, there are four things that give rise to craving in a mendicant.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, taṇhuppādā yattha bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati. What four?Katame cattāro? For the sake of robes,Cīvarahetu vā, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati; almsfood,piṇḍapātahetu vā, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati; lodgings,senāsanahetu vā, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati; or rebirth in this or that state.itibhavābhavahetu vā, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati.

These are the four things that give rise to craving in a mendicant.Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro taṇhuppādā yattha bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjatīti.

Craving is a person’s partnerTaṇhā dutiyo puriso, as they transmigrate on this long journey.dīghamaddhāna saṁsaraṁ; They go from this state to another,Itthabhāvaññathābhāvaṁ, but don’t escape transmigration.saṁsāraṁ nātivattati.

Knowing this drawback—Evamādīnavaṁ ñatvā, that craving is the cause of suffering—Taṇhaṁ dukkhassa sambhavaṁ; rid of craving, free of grasping,Vītataṇho anādāno, a mendicant would wander mindful.”Sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  4. Snp 3.12 Contemplating Pairs 0.53near 0.1deceptive, breaking apart’, seeing feelings vanish with every contact, that’s how they understand them. With the ending of feelings, a mendicant is hungerless, quenched.” “‘Could there be another way?’ … And how could th…
  5. SN 45.170 Craving 0.52near 0.1Linked Discourses 45.170 13. Searches Craving “Mendicants, there are these three cravings. What three? Craving for sensual pleasures, craving for continued existence, and craving for nonexistence. These are the three cra…