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SN 26.8PTS SN 3.2301 min read

Craving

Taṇhāsutta

The arising of the six kinds of craving is the arising of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 26.8Linked Discourses 26.8
  • 0.21. Uppādavagga1. Arising

0.3TaṇhāsuttaCraving

1.1PTS 3.231Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo kho, bhikkhave, rūpataṇhāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe…“Mendicants, the arising of craving for sights …1.3jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe…1.4yo dhammataṇhāya uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.craving for ideas … is the manifestation of old age and death.1.5Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpataṇhāya nirodho …pe…The cessation of craving for sights …1.6jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe…1.7yo dhammataṇhāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.craving for ideas … is the disappearance of old age and death.”

1.8Aṭṭhamaṁ.