Āsavasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 315

[315] Setting at Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, there are these three taints (āsava). What three? The taint of sensuality (kāmāsava), the taint of existence (bhavāsava), and the taint of ignorance (avijjāsava). These, bhikkhus, are the three taints."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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