… Rūpataṇhāya… saddataṇhāya… gandhataṇhāya… rasataṇhāya… phoṭṭhabbataṇhāya… dhammataṇhāya…
The Buddha presents a repeated elevenfold teaching on similarity in this grouped discourse.
AN 11.358–405 Similarity
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
…
…
Rūpataṇhāya…
“… Craving for sights …
saddataṇhāya…
craving for sounds …
gandhataṇhāya…
craving for smells …
rasataṇhāya…
craving for tastes …
phoṭṭhabbataṇhāya…
craving for touches …
dhammataṇhāya…
craving for ideas. …”
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