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# Maharukkhasutta 1.1-5

Mahārukkhasutta 1.1-5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55.1.1)

Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati.

> At Sāvatthī.  
> — A Great Tree

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55.1.2)

“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.  
> — A Great Tree

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55.1.3)

Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṃ;

> Craving is a requirement for grasping.  
> — A Great Tree

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55.1.4)

upādānapaccayā bhavo …pe…

> Grasping is a requirement for continued existence. …  
> — A Great Tree

### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55.1.5)

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.

> That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.  
> — A Great Tree

## Translations (4)

- [Сутта Большое Дерево Первая](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55~ru-o.1.1) — Russian
- [Veliko drvo](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr
- [A Great Tree](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55~en-sujato.1.1) — English
- [Ein großer Baum](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.55~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sāratthappakāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta!saratthappakasini.12.6.5.55) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.284.3) — Classical Chinese

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