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Desire and Greed (2nd)

Dutiyachandarāgasutta

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 23.10Linked Discourses 23.10
  • 0.21. Paṭhamamāravagga1. About Māra

0.3DutiyachandarāgasuttaDesire and Greed (2nd)

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho āyasmantaṁ rādhaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him:

1.3“rūpe kho, rādha, yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā, te pajahatha.“Rādha, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies.1.4Evaṁ 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.

1.5Vedanāya yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā, te pajahatha.You should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for feeling …1.6Evaṁ sā vedanā pahīnā bhavissati ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.1.7Saññāya …perception …1.8saṅkhāresu yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā, te pajahatha.choices …1.9Evaṁ te saṅkhārā pahīnā bhavissanti ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.1.10Viññāṇe yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā, te pajahatha.consciousness; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies.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.”

1.12Dasamaṁ.

1.13Rādhasaṁyuttassa paṭhamamāravaggo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Māro satto bhavanetti,2.2pariññeyyā samaṇā duve;2.3Sotāpanno arahā ca,2.4chandarāgāpare duveti.