The Buddha teaches on giving up desire (2nd), applying the analysis of the five aggregates—form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—to insight and release.

SN 22.112 Giving Up Desire (2nd)

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Rūpe, bhikkhave, yo chando yo rāgo nandī taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā, te pajahatha. Evaṁ taṁ rūpaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati ucchinnamūlaṁ …pe…

vedanāyasaññāyasaṅkhāresu yo chando …pe… evaṁ te saṅkhārā pahīnā bhavissanti ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā. Viññāṇe yo chando yo rāgo nandī taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā, te pajahatha. Evaṁ taṁ viññāṇaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati ucchinnamūlaṁ tālāvatthukataṁ anabhāvaṅkataṁ āyatiṁ anuppādadhamman”ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Antavaggo paṭhamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Anto dukkhañca sakkāyo,
pariññeyyā samaṇā duve;
Sotāpanno arahā ca,
duve ca chandappahānāti.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

“Rūpe, bhikkhave, yo chando yo rāgo nandī taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā, te pajahatha.

“Mendicants, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies.

Evaṁ taṁ rūpaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati ucchinnamūlaṁ …pe…

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.

vedanāya

You should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for feeling …

saññāya

perception …

saṅkhāresu yo chando …pe…

choices …

evaṁ te saṅkhārā pahīnā bhavissanti ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.

Viññāṇe yo chando yo rāgo nandī taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā, te pajahatha.

consciousness; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies.

Evaṁ taṁ viññāṇaṁ pahīnaṁ bhavissati ucchinnamūlaṁ tālāvatthukataṁ anabhāvaṅkataṁ āyatiṁ anuppādadhamman”ti.

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.”

Dasamaṁ.

Antavaggo paṭhamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Anto dukkhañca sakkāyo,

pariññeyyā samaṇā duve;

Sotāpanno arahā ca,

duve ca chandappahānāti.

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Also known as: acquisition, bond, clinging, grasping, holding on, possession, entanglement, bound, connected, taking as mine
Pāli: upadhi, upādāna, sakiñcana, mamatta
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Craving

A driving ‘thirst’ that reaches out toward experiences, identities, or outcomes as the place to find satisfaction—“if only I had that.” It spins stories of lack, binds the mind to becoming, and invariably leads to suffering.

Also known as: wanting, yearning, longing, lit. thirst
Pāli: taṇha, abhijjhā
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Delight

Delight

A mental quality of relishing and taking pleasure in what is experienced—especially in sensuality or the prospect of continued becoming. When it fastens onto gratification, it nourishes craving and keeps the mind circling around what it wants to experience again.

Also known as: relishing, enjoyment, taking pleasure
Pāli: nandi, ārāmatā
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Desire

Desire

A wholesome motivation, interest, or objective that acts as the starting point for effort and application of will.

Also known as: aspiration, interest, wish, having an objective, intention, impulse
Pāli: chanda
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Giving

Giving

The act of generosity, sharing, or offering to others without expecting anything in return. Giving is considered a foundational virtue in Buddhist practice, fostering selflessness and compassion.

Also known as: generosity, charity, donation, almsgiving, donating, philanthropy, providing with, gift with
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Greed

Greed

A grasping mental quality of craving, possessiveness, or lustful wanting that clings to objects or experiences; it fuels attachment and obstructs renunciation and contentment

Also known as: acquisitiveness, avarice, covetousness, rapacity, money grabbing, grabbiness
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Last updated on July 27, 2026