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Icchāsutta

Desire Desire

“Kenassu bajjhatī loko,
“By what is the world bound?
“What is it that binds the world?

kissa vinayāya muccati;
By the removal of what is it freed?
By removing what is it freed?

Kissassu vippahānena,
What is it that one must forsake
With the giving up of what

sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.
To cut off all bondage?”
are all bonds severed?”

“Icchāya bajjhatī loko,
“By desire is the world bound;
“Desire is what binds the world.

icchāvinayāya muccati;
By the removal of desire it is freed.
By the removing of desire it’s freed.

Icchāya vippahānena,
Desire is what one must forsake
With the giving up of craving,

sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.
To cut off all bondage. ”
all bonds are severed.”