“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?”“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.1.69 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Desire
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
Desire
“What is it that binds the world?By removing what is it freed?
With the giving up of what
are all bonds severed?”
“Desire is what binds the world.
By the removing of desire it’s freed.
With the giving up of craving,
all bonds are severed.”