Taṇhāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 332

[332] Bhikkhus, for the direct knowledge (abhiññā), for the full understanding (pariññā), for the utter destruction, and for the abandoning of these three cravings (taṇhā) … having the removal of lust (rāga) as its final goal, having the removal of hatred as its final goal, having the removal of delusion as its final goal … merging in the Deathless (amata), having the Deathless as its destination, having the Deathless as its final goal … slanting toward Nibbāna, sloping toward Nibbāna, inclining toward Nibbāna. Bhikkhus, for the direct knowledge, for the full understanding, for the utter destruction, and for the abandoning of these three cravings … this Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed. The Chapter on Searches (Esanāvagga) is finished. Its summary verse (uddāna): Search, discrimination, taint (āsava), and the kinds of suffering (dukkha), and the three; barrenness, stain, trouble, and feeling (vedanā), and the two on craving. _____________ [Variant readings: 1. M. and Yu. editions read *tasinā*. 2. M. and Yu. read *tasinānaṃ*. 3. M. and Yu. read *dve taṇhā tasināya cāti*.] The Chapter on Floods (Oghavagga), the thirteenth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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