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SN 46.27PTS SN 5.871 min read

The Cessation of Craving

Taṇhānirodhasutta

The awakening factors lead to the cessation of craving.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.27Linked Discourses 46.27
  • 0.23. Udāyivagga3. With Udāyī

0.3TaṇhānirodhasuttaThe Cessation of Craving

1.1“Yo, bhikkhave, maggo yā paṭipadā taṇhānirodhāya saṁvattati, taṁ maggaṁ taṁ paṭipadaṁ bhāvetha.“Mendicants, you should develop the path and the practice that leads to the cessation of craving.1.2Katamo ca, bhikkhave, maggo katamā ca paṭipadā taṇhānirodhāya saṁvattati?And what is the path and the practice that leads to the cessation of craving?1.3Yadidaṁ—1.4satta bojjhaṅgā.It is the seven awakening factors.1.5Katame satta?What seven?1.6Satisambojjhaṅgo …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo.The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.1.7Kathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā kathaṁ bahulīkatā taṇhānirodhāya saṁvattanti?And how are the seven awakening factors developed and cultivated so as to lead to the cessation of craving?

2.1Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …pe…It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,2.2upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.2.3Evaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā evaṁ bahulīkatā taṇhānirodhāya saṁvattantī”ti.This is how the seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated so as to lead to the cessation of craving.”

2.4Sattamaṁ.