Itivuttaka 56

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56. Pathamaasavasuttam (3 Types of Wants/Desires)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Monks,there are these three asavas(wants/desires). Which three? The asava of sensuality, the asava of becoming (bhava), the asava of Ignorance (Avijja). These are the three asavas(wants/desires).”

Centered(in trance), wholly aware(within self), focussed (In meditation), the Buddha's disciple discerns asavas(wants/desires), how asavas come into play, where they cease, & the path to their ending. With the ending of asavas, a monk free from craving(tanha) is totally unbound(Nibbana achieved).

See also: MN 4; MN 9