Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN1: Connected Discourses with Devatas

SN1:65 Bondage

1v.211 "By what is the world held in bondage?
What is its means of travelling about?
What is it that one must forsake
To cut off all bondage?" sn.i.40

2v.212 "The world is held in bondage by delight;
Thought is its means of travelling about.
Craving is what one must forsake
To cut off all bondage."

1"Kiṁsu sambandhano loko,
kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Kissassu vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan"ti.

2"Nandīsambandhano loko,
vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Taṇhāya vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan"ti.

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