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Giving Up Desire

Chandappahānasutta

Give up desire for the aggregates and they will come to an end.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.111Linked Discourses 22.111
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0.3ChandappahānasuttaGiving Up Desire

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Rūpe, bhikkhave, yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā, taṁ pajahatha.“Mendicants, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form.1.3Evaṁ taṁ rūpaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati ucchinnamūlaṁ tālāvatthukataṁ anabhāvaṅkataṁ āyatiṁ anuppādadhammaṁ.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.

1.4Vedanāya …pe…You should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for feeling …1.5saññāya …perception …1.6saṅkhāresu …choices …1.7viññāṇe yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā, taṁ pajahatha.consciousness.1.8Evaṁ taṁ viññāṇaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati ucchinnamūlaṁ tālāvatthukataṁ anabhāvaṅkataṁ āyatiṁ anuppādadhamman”ti.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.”

1.9Navamaṁ.