Taṇhāsaṁyojanasutta

Itivuttaka 15

So It Was Said 15

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

Dutiyavagga

Chapter Two

Taṇhāsaṁyojanasutta

The Fetter of Craving

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

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

“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.

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

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

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

On this it is said:

“Taṇhādutiyo puriso,

“Craving is a person’s partner

dīghamaddhāna saṁsaraṁ;

as they transmigrate on this long journey.

Itthabhāvaññathābhāvaṁ,

They go from this state to another,

saṁsāraṁ nātivattati.

but don’t escape transmigration.

Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,

Knowing this danger,

Taṇhaṁ dukkhassa sambhavaṁ;

that craving is the cause of suffering—

Vītataṇho anādāno,

rid of craving, free of grasping,

Sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.

a mendicant would wander mindful.”

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

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

Pañcamaṁ.