Taṇhāsaṁyojanasutta

The Fetter of Craving

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Itivuttaka 15

So It Was Said 15

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Dutiyavagga

Chapter Two

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Taṇhāsaṁyojanasutta

The Fetter of Craving

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Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

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“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekasaṁyojanampi samanupassāmi yena saṁyojanena saṁyuttā sattā dīgharattaṁ sandhāvanti saṁsaranti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, taṇhāsaṁyojanaṁ.

“Mendicants, I do not see a single fetter, fettered by which people wander and transmigrate for a long time like the fetter of craving.

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Taṇhāsaṁyojanena hi, bhikkhave, saṁyuttā sattā dīgharattaṁ sandhāvanti saṁsarantī”ti.

Fettered by craving, people wander and transmigrate for a long time.”

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Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

The Buddha spoke this matter.

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Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

On this it is said:

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“Taṇhādutiyo puriso,

“Craving is a person’s partner

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dīghamaddhāna saṁsaraṁ;

as they transmigrate on this long journey.

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Itthabhāvaññathābhāvaṁ,

They go from this state to another,

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saṁsāraṁ nātivattati.

but don’t escape transmigration.

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Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,

Knowing this danger,

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Taṇhaṁ dukkhassa sambhavaṁ;

that craving is the cause of suffering—

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Vītataṇho anādāno,

rid of craving, free of grasping,

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Sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.

a mendicant would wander mindful.”

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Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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Pañcamaṁ.