SN 1:69 · Desire (Icchā Sutta)
“With what is the world tied down?
With the subduing
of what is it freed?
With the abandoning
of what
are all bonds
cut through?”
The Buddha:
“With desire the world is tied down.
With the subduing
of desire it’s freed.
With the abandoning
of desire
all bonds
are cut through.”
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
