Itivuttaka 15

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15. Tanhasamyojanasuttam (Craving)

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

“Monks, I don’t envision even one other fetter—fettered by which beings conjoined go wandering & transmigrating(rebirth) on for a long, long time—like the fetter of craving(tanha). Fettered with the fetter of craving, beings conjoined go wandering &

transmigrating on for a long, long time.”

With craving(tanha) his companion, a man wanders on a long, long time. Neither in this state here nor anywhere else does he go beyond the wandering- on. Knowing this drawback— that craving(tanha) brings suffering into play— free from craving(tanha), devoid of clinging, focussed(in meditation), the monk lives the mendicant life.

See also: SN 21:10; SN 35:63; No.105; Sn 3:12