Linked Discourses 23.9

1. About Māra

Desire and Greed

At Sāvatthī.

When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him:

“Rādha, you should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form.

Thus that form will be given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.

You should give up any desire, greed, relishing, and craving for feeling …

perception …

choices …

consciousness.

Thus that consciousness will be given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.”