[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [Mahatanhasankhayasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38) › 34.2 # Mahatanhasankhayasutta 34.2 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta 34.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.34.2) Seyyathāpi nāma pakkhī sakuṇo yena yeneva ḍeti sapattabhārova ḍeti; > They’re like a bird: wherever it flies, wings are its only burden. > — The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving - [Previous: 34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.34.1) - [Next: 34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.34.3) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.34) ## Translations (4) - [Il discorso più lungo sull’eliminazione della brama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38~it-giovannizappa.34.2) — Italian - [Die längere Lehrrede über die Auflösung des Verlangens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38~de-sabbamitta.34.2) — German - [Большое наставление об уничтожении жажды](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38~ru-sv.34.2) — Russian - [The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38~en-sujato.34.2) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.201.133) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.34.2) · Pramāṇa