Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN1: Connected Discourses with Devatas

SN1:69 Desire

1v.219 "By what is the world bound?
By the removal of what is it freed?
What is it that one must forsake
To cut off all bondage?"

2v.220 "By desire is the world bound;
By the removal of desire it is freed.
Desire is what one must forsake
To cut off all bondage." sn.i.41

1"Kenassu bajjhatī loko,
kissa vinayāya muccati;
Kissassu vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan"ti.

2"Icchāya bajjhatī loko,
icchāvinayāya muccati;
Icchāya vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan"ti.

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