Kaḷārakhattiyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 109

[109] "But if, Sāriputta, they were to ask you thus: 'Friend Sāriputta, what is the source of clinging (upādāna)? … From what does clinging arise?' — being asked thus, Sāriputta, how would you answer?" "If, venerable sir, they were to ask me thus: 'Friend Sāriputta, what is the source of clinging? … From what does clinging arise?' — being asked thus, venerable sir, I would answer thus: 'Clinging, friend, has craving (taṇhā) as its source … clinging arises from craving.' Being asked thus, venerable sir, I would answer thus."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.