The Buddha teaches that the arising, continuation, and manifestation of craving for sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, and the manifestation of old age and death—and that their cessation is the cessation of suffering.
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Yo kho, bhikkhave, rūpataṇhāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe… jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe… yo dhammataṇhāya uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo. Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpataṇhāya nirodho …pe… jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe… yo dhammataṇhāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Yo kho, bhikkhave, rūpataṇhāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe…
“Mendicants, the arising of craving for sights …
jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe…
yo dhammataṇhāya uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.
craving for ideas … is the manifestation of old age and death.
Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpataṇhāya nirodho …pe…
The cessation of craving for sights …
jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe…
yo dhammataṇhāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.
craving for ideas … is the disappearance of old age and death.”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026