SN 22.111 — Giving Up Desire

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Linked Discourses 22.111
11. Ends
Giving Up Desire
At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form. Thus that form will be given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.
You should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for feeling … perception … choices … consciousness. Thus that consciousness will be given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.”