iti58:0.1So It Was Said 58
iti58:0.2The Book of the Threes
iti58:0.3Chapter One
iti58:0.4Craving
iti58:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti58:2.1“Mendicants, there are these three cravings.
iti58:2.2What three?
iti58:2.3Craving for sensual pleasures, craving for continued existence, and craving for nonexistence.
iti58:2.4These are the three cravings.”
iti58:2.5The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti58:2.6On this it is said:
iti58:3.1“Bound by craving, minds full of desire
iti58:3.2for rebirth in this or that state,
iti58:3.3yoked by Māra’s yoke, these people
iti58:3.4find no sanctuary from the yoke.
iti58:3.5Sentient beings continue to transmigrate,
iti58:3.6with ongoing birth and death.
iti58:4.1Those who have given up craving,
iti58:4.2rid of craving for rebirth in this or that state,
iti58:4.3they in this world have truly crossed over,
iti58:4.4having reached the ending of defilements.”
iti58:5.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.