The Ending of Craving

Taṇhākkhayasutta

The Ending of Craving

Taṇhākkhayasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. There Venerable Anuruddha addressed the mendicants: “Reverends, mendicants!” “Reverend,” they replied.
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Tatra kho āyasmā anuruddho bhikkhū āmantesi: “āvuso bhikkhavo”ti. “Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato anuruddhassa paccassosuṁ.
EN
Anuruddha said this: “Reverends, when these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are developed and cultivated they lead to the ending of craving. What four? It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body …
PL
Āyasmā anuruddho etadavoca: “Cattārome, āvuso, satipaṭṭhānā bhāvitā bahulīkatā taṇhākkhayāya saṁvattanti. Katame cattāro? Idhāvuso, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati …pe…
EN
feelings … mind … principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. When these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are developed and cultivated they lead to the ending of craving.”
PL
vedanāsu …pe… citte …pe… dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ— ime kho, āvuso, cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvitā bahulīkatā taṇhākkhayāya saṁvattantī”ti.
PL
Sattamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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