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Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.3 Linked Discourses 23.3

1. Paṭhamamāravagga 1. About Māra

Bhavanettisutta The Leash to Existence

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. At Sāvatthī.

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

ā€œā€˜bhavanettinirodho, bhavanettinirodho’ti, bhante, vuccati. ā€œSir, they speak of this thing called ā€˜the cessation of the leash to existence’.

Katamā nu kho, bhante, bhavanetti, katamo bhavanettinirodhoā€ti? What is the leash to existence? And what is the cessation of the leash to existence?ā€

ā€œRÅ«pe kho, rādha, yo chando yo rāgo yā nandÄ« yā taṇhā ye upayupādānā cetaso adhiį¹­į¹­hānābhinivesānusayÄā€”ā€œRādha, any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies—

ayaṁ vuccati bhavanetti. this is called the leash to existence.

Tesaṁ nirodho bhavanettinirodho. Their cessation is the cessation of the leash to existence.

Vedanāya … Any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for feeling …

saƱƱāya … perception …

saį¹…khāresu … choices …

viññāṇe yo chando …pe… adhiį¹­į¹­hānābhinivesānusayā—consciousness; and any attraction, grasping, mental fixation, insistence, and underlying tendencies—

ayaṁ vuccati bhavanetti. this is called the leash to existence.

Tesaṁ nirodho bhavanettinirodhoā€ti. Their cessation is the cessation of the leash to existence.ā€

Tatiyaṁ.
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