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Desire and Greed

Chandarāgasutta

By letting go desire, the aggregates come to an end.

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

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0.3ChandarāgasuttaDesire and Greed

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpasmiṁ chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha.“Mendicants, give up desire and greed 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.

1.4Yo vedanāya chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha.Give up desire and greed for feeling …1.5Evaṁ sā vedanā pahīnā bhavissati ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.1.6Yo saññāya chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha.perception …1.7Evaṁ sā saññā pahīnā bhavissati ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.1.8Yo saṅkhāresu chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha.choices …1.9Evaṁ te saṅkhārā pahīnā bhavissanti ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.1.10Yo viññāṇasmiṁ chandarāgo taṁ pajahatha.consciousness.1.11Evaṁ 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.”

1.12Catutthaṁ.