[494] **"When wish does not exist, there is no possessiveness":** craving (taṇhā) is called "wish (icchā)" — that is, lust (rāga), infatuation (sārāga) … covetousness, greed, the unwholesome root. **"Possessiveness":** there are two kinds of possessiveness (mamatta): possessiveness through craving and possessiveness through view (diṭṭhi) … this is possessiveness through craving … this is possessiveness through view. **"When wish does not exist, there is no possessiveness"** means: when wish does not exist, is not found, is not to be obtained, then possessiveness does not exist, such things are not present, are not found, are not obtained — they are abandoned, cut off, stilled, tranquilized, rendered incapable of arising again, burnt by the fire of knowledge (ñāṇa). Therefore it is said: "When wish does not exist, there is no possessiveness."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.