1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, when one dwells contemplating gratification in things that can fetter, craving increases.

With craving as condition, clinging comes to be; with clinging as condition, existence; with existence as condition, birth; with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair come to be.

Such is the origin of this whole mass of suffering.

2"Suppose, bhikkhus, there was a sapling, and from time to time a man would clear the area around the roots, from time to time provide it with good soil, from time to time water it. Sustained by that care, nourished by it, that sapling would attain to growth, increase, and expansion.

So too, when one dwells contemplating gratification in things that can fetter, craving increases.

With craving as condition, clinging comes to be; with clinging as condition, existence; with existence as condition, birth; with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair come to be.

Such is the origin of this whole mass of suffering.

3"When, bhikkhus, one dwells contemplating danger in things that can fetter, craving ceases.

With the cessation of craving comes cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, cessation of existence … cessation of birth … aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair cease.

Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering. sn.ii.90

4"Suppose, bhikkhus, there was a sapling. Then a man would come along bringing a shovel and a basket. He would cut down the sapling at its foot … as in §55 … he would winnow the ashes in a strong wind or let them be carried away by the swift current of a river. Thus that sapling would be cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated so that it is no more subject to future arising.

"So too, bhikkhus, when one dwells contemplating danger in things that can fetter, craving ceases.

With the cessation of craving comes cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, cessation of existence … cessation of birth … aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair cease.

Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering."

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Saṁyojaniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu assādānupassino vihārato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.

Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ … pe …

Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

2Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, taruṇo rukkho. Tassa puriso kālena kālaṁ mūlāni palimajjeyya kālena kālaṁ paṁsuṁ dadeyya, kālena kālaṁ udakaṁ dadeyya. Evañhi so, bhikkhave, taruṇo rukkho tadāhāro tadupādāno vuddhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjeyya.

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino vihārato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.

Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ … pe …

Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

3Saṁyojaniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu ādīnavānupassino vihārato taṇhā nirujjhati.

Taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho … pe …

Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.

4Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, taruṇo rukkho. Atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṁ ādāya … pe … nadiyā vā sīghasotāya pavāheyya. Evañhi so, bhikkhave, taruṇo rukkho ucchinnamūlo assa tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato āyatiṁ anuppāda dhammo.

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, saṁyojaniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino vihārato taṇhā nirujjhati.

Taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho … pe …

Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī"ti.

Sattamaṁ.