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Upadanasutta 1.1-7

Upādānasutta 1.1-7

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Pāli

1.1

Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.

Grasping

1.2

“Upādāniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.

“There are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.

Grasping

1.3

Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ;

Craving is a requirement for grasping.

Grasping

1.4

upādānapaccayā bhavo;

Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.

Grasping

1.5

bhavapaccayā jāti;

Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.

Grasping

1.6

jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṃ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.

Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.

Grasping

1.7

Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.

Grasping

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