Tripiṭaka 1. Paṭhamamāravagga
1. About Māra
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Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:
“‘bhavanettinirodho, bhavanettinirodho’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘the cessation of the leash to existence’.
Katamā nu kho, bhante, bhavanetti, katamo bhavanettinirodho”ti?
What is the leash to existence? And what is the cessation of the leash to existence?”
“Rūpe kho, rādha, yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā—
“Rādha, any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies—
viññāṇe yo chando …pe… adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā—
consciousness; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies—
Tesaṁ nirodho bhavanettinirodho”ti.
Their cessation is the cessation of the leash to existence.”
Tatiyaṁ.