Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
39. Sāmaṇḍaka Saṃyutta

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Saḷāyatana-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
39. Kindred Sayings about Sāmaṇḍaka

Sutta 10

Taṇhā Suttaṃ

Craving

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[1] Thus have I heard:

Once the venerable Sāriputta was staying among the Vajjī,
at Ukkāvelā
on the banks of the river Ganges.

Then Sāmaṇḍaka, the Wanderer, came to visit the venerable Sāriputta,
and on coming to him
greeted him in friendly wise,
and after the exchange of greetings and courtesies
sat down at one side.

So seated, the Wanderer Sāmaṇḍaka said this to the venerable Sāriputta: -

"'Craving, craving!' is the saying, friend Sāriputta.

Pray what is craving?"

"There are these three cravings, friend:
the craving for sense delight,
the craving for becoming,
the craving for not-becoming.

These are the three cravings."

"But, friend, is there any way,
any approach
to the abandoning of these cravings?"

"There is such a path, friend,
there is such an approach
to the abandoning of these cravings."

"And what is that path, friend,
what is that approach
to the abandoning of these cravings?"

"It is this Ariyan Eightfold Path, friend,
to the abandoning of these cravings
to wit:

Right view,
right aim,
right speech,
right action,
right living,
right effort,
right mindfulness,
right concentration.

Such, friend, is this path,
this approach
to the abandoning of these cravings."

"A goodly path, friend,
a goodly approach
to the abandoning of these cravings
and a proper occasion for earnestness too, friend!"