Craving

Taṇhāsutta

Craving

Taṇhāsutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, the arising of craving for sights … craving for ideas … is the manifestation of old age and death.
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Yo kho, bhikkhave, rūpataṇhāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe… jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe… yo dhammataṇhāya uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.
EN
The cessation of craving for sights … craving for ideas … is the disappearance of old age and death.”
PL
Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpataṇhāya nirodho …pe… jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe… yo dhammataṇhāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti. Aṭṭhamaṁ.

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

Source
Taṇhāsutta — Reader · Sutraya