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SN 45.170PTS SN 5.571 min read

Craving

Taṇhāsutta

Develop the eightfold path to abandon the three cravings. This sutta is doubled by replacing taṇhā with another form of the same word, tasina. This variation is found in Burmese but not Sinhalese manuscripts.

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

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0.3TaṇhāsuttaCraving

1.1PTS 5.58“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, taṇhā.“Mendicants, there are these three cravings.1.2Katamā tisso?What three?1.3Kāmataṇhā, bhavataṇhā, vibhavataṇhā—Craving for sensual pleasures, craving for continued existence, and craving for nonexistence.1.4imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso taṇhā.These are the three cravings.

1.5Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ taṇhānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya …pe… ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these three cravings.1.6Katamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?What is the noble eightfold path?1.7Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.It’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.

1.8Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ taṇhānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya …pe… ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo”ti.This is the noble eightfold path that should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these three cravings.”

1.9Dasamaṁ.

2.0TasināsuttaThirst1

2.1“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, tasinā.“Mendicants, there are these three thirsts.2.2Katamā tisso?What three?2.3Kāmatasinā, bhavatasinā, vibhavatasinā.Thirst for sensual pleasures, thirst to continue existence, and thirst to end existence.

2.4Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ tasinānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya …pe….For the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these three thirsts …2.5rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ …pe…… which culminates in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion.2.6amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ …pe…… whose objective, destination, and culmination is freedom from death.2.7nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ.… which slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.

2.8Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ tasinānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya …pe… ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo”ti.The noble eightfold path should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these three thirsts.”

2.9Ekādasamaṁ.

2.10Esanāvaggo sattamo.

2.11Tassuddānaṁ

2.12Esanā vidhā āsavo,2.13bhavo ca dukkhatā khilā;2.14Malaṁ nīgho ca vedanā,2.15dve taṇhā tasināya cāti.

Translator’s notes

  1. This text merely repeats the previous, substituting a different form of the same word (tasina for taṇhā). It is not found in Sinhalese manuscripts. In Burmese editionsa, including the Mahāsaṅgīti, it is included as a separate sutta. Bhikkhu Bodhi and the PTS include it but do not assign it a separate number. We follow this approach.

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