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Linked Discourses · SN 22.25

  • Linked Discourses 22.25Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.25
  • 3. The Burden3. Bhāravagga

Desire and GreedChandarāgasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, give up desire and greed for form.“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpasmiṁ chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha. Thus that form will be given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.Evaṁ taṁ rūpaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati ucchinnamūlaṁ tālāvatthukataṁ anabhāvaṅkataṁ āyatiṁ anuppādadhammaṁ.

Give up desire and greed for feeling …Yo vedanāya chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha. perception …Yo saññāya chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha. choices …Yo saṅkhāresu chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha. consciousness.Yo viññāṇasmiṁ chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha. Thus that consciousness will be given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.”Evaṁ taṁ viññāṇaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati ucchinnamūlaṁ tālāvatthukataṁ anabhāvaṅkataṁ āyatiṁ anuppādadhamman”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 22.111 Giving Up Desire 0.77near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.111 11. Ends Giving Up Desire At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form. Thus that form will be given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm s…
  2. SN 22.112 Giving Up Desire (2nd) 0.74near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.112 11. Ends Giving Up Desire (2nd) At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and und…
  3. SN 23.9 Desire and Greed 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.9 1. About Māra Desire and Greed At Sāvatthī. When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him: “Rādha, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form. Thus…
  4. SN 23.10 Desire and Greed (2nd) 0.63near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.10 1. About Māra Desire and Greed (2nd) At Sāvatthī. When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him: “Rādha, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form…