Rāgasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 260

[260] Bhikkhus, whatever is impermanent — therein you should abandon desire (chanda); you should abandon lust (rāga); you should abandon desire-and-lust (chandarāga). And what, bhikkhus, is impermanent? Forms, bhikkhus, are impermanent; therein you should abandon desire; you should abandon lust; you should abandon desire-and-lust. Sounds are impermanent; therein you should abandon desire; you should abandon lust; you should abandon desire-and-lust. Odours are impermanent; therein you should abandon desire; you should abandon lust; you should abandon desire-and-lust. Tastes are impermanent; therein you should abandon desire; you should abandon lust; you should abandon desire-and-lust. Tangibles are impermanent; therein you should abandon desire; you should abandon lust; you should abandon desire-and-lust. Mental phenomena (dhammā) are impermanent; therein you should abandon desire; you should abandon lust; you should abandon desire-and-lust. Bhikkhus, whatever is impermanent — therein you should abandon desire; you should abandon lust; you should abandon desire-and-lust.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.