Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Navaka Nipāta
III. Satt'Āvāsa Vagga
Sutta 23
Taṇhā Mūlaka Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts] Evaṃ me sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvātthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
"Nava bhikkhave, taṇhā mūlake dhamme desessāmi.|| ||
Taṃ suṇātha, sādhukaṃ manasi-karotha, bhāsissāmī" ti.|| ||
"Evaṃ bhante" ti kho te bhikkhu Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Katame ca bhikkhave, nava tanhā mulakā dhammā?|| ||
2. Taṇhaṃ paṭicca pariyesanā;||
pariyesanaṃ paṭicca lābho;||
lābhaṃ paṭicca vinicchayo;||
viniccayaṃ paṭicca chanda-rāgo;||
chanda-rāgaṃ paṭicca ajjhosānaṃ;||
ajjhosānaṃ paṭicca pariggaho;||
pariggahaṃ paṭicca macchariyaṃ;||
macchiriyaṃ paṭicca ārakkhā,||
ārakkh-ā-dhikaraṇaṃ,||
daṇḍ'ādāna- [401] Satth'ādāna-kalaha-viggaha-vivādā||
tuvaṃ-tuva-pesuñña-musā-vāda||
aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sama-bhavanti.|| ||
Ime kho bhikkhave, nava taṇhā mūlakā dhammā" ti.|| ||