Itivuttaka 102

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102. Asavakkhayasuttam ( Desire's Decay )

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

“Monks, for one knowing & seeing, I tell you, there is the ending of asavas(wants/desires), not for one not knowing & seeing. For one knowing what & seeing what is there the ending of asavas(wants/desires)? For one knowing & seeing, ‘This is suffering,’ there is the ending of asavas. For one knowing & seeing, ‘This is the origination of suffering,’ there is the ending of asavas. For one knowing & seeing, ‘This is the cessation of suffering,’there is the ending of asavas. For one knowing & seeing, ‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of suffering,’ there is the ending of asavas. For one knowing in this way and seeing in this way is there the ending of asavas.”

For a learner in training along the straight path, there arises: first, the knowledge of ending; then, the divine awakening unsurpassed; then, the divine awakening of one released— release-knowledge, superlative, the knowledge of ending: ‘The fetters are decayed.’ Certainly not by the lazy fool uncomprehending, is there attained Unbinding (nibbana), the loosening of all ties.

See also: SN 12:70; AN 3:86; No.62