Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandhā Vagga
23. Rādha Saṃyuttaṃ
1. Māra Vagga
Suttas Linked to Rādha
1. Māra
Suttas 1-46
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Sutta 10
Dutiya Chanda-Rāga Suttaṃ
Lustful Desire (2)
[10.1][pts][bodh] I Hear Tell:
Once upon a time, The Lucky man,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Jeta Grove,
Anathapiṇḍika's Park.
Then one time there the Ancient Rādha drew near Bhagava,
gave salutation,
and took a seat to one side.
At that time, so seated,
the Lucky Man said this to the Ancient Rādha:
"That desire,
that lust,
that delight,
that thirst
that effort to grasp at
those mental states,
stubbornly adhering to dogmatic views,
and lurking tendencies there are
for form, Rādha,
put them away.
Thus put away,
form will become,
like an uprooted palm tree,
a thing without future prospects.
That desire,
that lust,
that delight,
that thirst
that effort to grasp at
those mental states,
stubbornly adhering to dogmatic views,
and lurking tendencies there are
for sense experience, Rādha,
put them away.
Thus put away,
sense experience will become,
like an uprooted palm tree,
a thing without future prospects.
That desire,
that lust,
that delight,
that thirst
that effort to grasp at
those mental states,
stubbornly adhering to dogmatic views,
and lurking tendencies there are
for perception, Rādha,
put them away.
Thus put away,
perception will become,
like an uprooted palm tree,
a thing without future prospects.
That desire,
that lust,
that delight,
that thirst
that effort to grasp at
those mental states,
stubbornly adhering to dogmatic views,
and lurking tendencies there are
for own-making, Rādha,
put them away.
Thus put away,
own-making will become,
like an uprooted palm tree,
a thing without future prospects.
That desire,
that lust,
that delight,
that thirst
that effort to grasp at
those mental states,
stubbornly adhering to dogmatic views,
and lurking tendencies there are
for consciousness, Rādha,
put them away.
Thus put away,
consciousness will become,
like an uprooted palm tree,
a thing without future prospects.
