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# Upadanasutta 2.1-6

Upādānasutta 2.1-6

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52.2.1)

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, dasannaṃ vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṃ vīsāya vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṃ tiṃsāya vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṃ cattārīsāya vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṃ mahāaggikkhandho jaleyya.

> Suppose a great mass of fire was burning with ten, twenty, thirty, or forty loads of wood.  
> — Grasping

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52.2.2)

Tatra puriso kālena kālaṃ sukkhāni ceva tiṇāni pakkhipeyya, sukkhāni ca gomayāni pakkhipeyya, sukkhāni ca kaṭṭhāni pakkhipeyya.

> And from time to time someone would toss in dry grass, cow dung, or wood.  
> — Grasping

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52.2.3)

Evañhi so, bhikkhave, mahāaggikkhandho tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ jaleyya.

> Fed and fuelled by that, the great mass of fire would burn for a long time.  
> — Grasping

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52.2.4)

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, upādāniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.

> In the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.  
> — Grasping

### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52.2.5)

Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ …pe…

> Craving is a requirement for grasping. …  
> — Grasping

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52.2.6)

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

> That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.  
> — Grasping

## Translations (4)

- [Mowa o lgnięciu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52~pl-hardao.2.1) — pl
- [Grasping](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52~en-sujato.2.1) — English
- [Ergreifen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52~de-sabbamitta.2.1) — German
- [Upādānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.52~sr-brankokovacevic.2.1) — sr

## Linked texts (1)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.286.4) — Classical Chinese

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