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AN 4.9PTS AN 2.10Taṇhuppāda1 min read

The Arising of Craving

Taṇhuppādasutta

Sources of craving for mendicants.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.9Numbered Discourses 4.9
  • 0.21. Bhaṇḍagāmavagga1. At Wares Village

0.3TaṇhuppādasuttaThe Arising of Craving

1.1PTS 2.10“Cattārome, bhikkhave, taṇhuppādā yattha bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati.“Mendicants, there are four things that give rise to craving in a mendicant.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Cīvarahetu vā, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati;For the sake of robes,1.4piṇḍapātahetu vā, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati;almsfood,1.5senāsanahetu vā, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati;lodgings,1.6itibhavābhavahetu vā, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati.or rebirth in this or that state.

1.7Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro taṇhuppādā yattha bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjatīti.These are the four things that give rise to craving in a mendicant.

2.1Taṇhā dutiyo puriso,Craving is a person’s partner2.2dīghamaddhāna saṁsaraṁ;as they transmigrate on this long journey.2.3Itthabhāvaññathābhāvaṁ,They go from this state to another,2.4saṁsāraṁ nātivattati.but don’t escape transmigration.

3.1Evamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,Knowing this drawback—3.2Taṇhaṁ dukkhassa sambhavaṁ;that craving is the cause of suffering—3.3Vītataṇho anādāno,rid of craving, free of grasping,3.4Sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.a mendicant would wander mindful.”

3.5Navamaṁ.