SN45:170 Craving & Thirst [n.46] This sutta is not found in Se or in SS. Be numbers it separately, Ee does not. I here follow the latter. Both connect the "based upon seclusion" refrain with §170 (10) and the other three refrains with §170 (11). This suggests the two are actually one sutta elaborated by way of alternative forms of the same word, both taṇhā and tasinā being Pali equivalents of Skt tṛṣṇā.
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i. Craving
1sn.v.58"Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of craving. What three?
Craving for sensual pleasures,
craving for existence,
craving for extermination.
These are the three kinds of craving.
The Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these three kinds of craving,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.
What Noble Eightfold Path?
Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration,
- which is based upon seclusion, dispassion, and cessation, maturing in release.
This Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these three kinds of craving,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning." sn.v.59
ii. Thirst
2"Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of thirst. What three?
Thirst for sensual pleasures,
thirst for existence,
thirst for extermination.
These are the three kinds of thirst.
The Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these three kinds of thirst,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning.
What Noble Eightfold Path?
Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu develops right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration,
- which has as its final goal the removal of lust, the removal of hatred, the removal of delusion;
- which has the Deathless as its ground, the Deathless as its destination, the Deathless as its final goal;
- which slants, slopes, and inclines towards Nibbāna.
This Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed
- for direct knowledge of these three kinds of thirst,
- for the full understanding of them,
- for their utter destruction,
- for their abandoning."
This sutta may be fully expanded in accordance with the fourfold method employed in SN45.161.
taṇhā
1"Tisso imā, bhikkhave, taṇhā. Katamā tisso?
Kāmataṇhā, bhavataṇhā, vibhavataṇhā – imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso taṇhā.
imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ taṇhānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya … pe … ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.
Katamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ … pe … sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti
vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.
imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ taṇhānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya … pe … ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo"ti.
tasinā
2“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, tasinā. Katamā tisso?
Kāmatasinā, bhavatasinā, vibhavatasinā.
Imāsaṃ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṃ tasinānaṃ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya…pe…
…pe…rāgavinayapariyosānaṃ dosavinayapariyosānaṃ mohavinayapariyosānaṃ
…pe…amatogadhaṃ amataparāyanaṃ amatapariyosānaṃ
…pe…nibbānaninnaṃ nibbānapoṇaṃ nibbānapabbhāraṃ.
Imāsaṃ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṃ tasinānaṃ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya…pe… ayaṃ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo”ti.
Dasamaṁ.
Esanāvaggo sattamo.
Esanā vidhā āsavo,
bhavo ca dukkhatā khilā;
Malaṃ nīgho ca vedanā,
dve taṇhā tasināya cāti