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Desire

Icchāsutta

The world is bound by desire.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.69Linked Discourses 1.69
  • 0.27. Addhavagga7. Overcome

0.3IcchāsuttaDesire

1.1“Kenassu bajjhatī loko,“What is it that binds the world?1.2kissa vinayāya muccati;By removing what is it freed?1.3Kissassu vippahānena,With the giving up of what1.4sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.are all bonds severed?”

2.1“Icchāya bajjhatī loko,“Desire is what binds the world.2.2icchāvinayāya muccati;By the removing of desire it’s freed.2.3Icchāya vippahānena,With the giving up of desire,2.4sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.all bonds are severed.”