The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta
Nikaya
XII.52
Upadana
Sutta
Clinging
Translated
from
the
Pali
by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu
Dwelling
at
Savatthi.
There
the
Blessed
One
said
to
the
monks:
"In
one
who
keeps
focusing
on
the
allure
of
clingable
phenomena
(or:
phenomena
that
offer
sustenance
=
the
five
aggregates),
craving
develops.
From
craving
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
clinging/sustenance.
From
clinging/sustenance
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
becoming.
From
becoming
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
birth.
From
birth
as
a
requisite
condition,
then
aging
&
death,
sorrow,
lamentation,
pain,
distress,
&
despair
come
into
play.
Such
is
the
origin
of
this
entire
mass
of
suffering
&
stress.
"Just
as
if
a
great
mass
of
fire
of
ten...twenty...thirty
or
forty
cartloads
of
timber
were
burning,
and
into
it
a
man
would
time
&
again
throw
dried
grass,
dried
cow
dung,
&
dried
timber,
so
that
the
great
mass
of
fire
--
thus
nourished,
thus
sustained
--
would
burn
for
a
long,
long
time.
In
the
same
way,
in
one
who
keeps
focusing
on
the
allure
of
clingable
phenomena,
craving
develops.
From
craving
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
clinging/sustenance.
From
clinging/sustenance
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
becoming.
From
becoming
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
birth.
From
birth
as
a
requisite
condition,
then
aging
&
death,
sorrow,
lamentation,
pain,
distress,
&
despair
come
into
play.
Such
is
the
origin
of
this
entire
mass
of
suffering
&
stress.
"Now,
in
one
who
keeps
focusing
on
the
drawbacks
of
clingable
phenomena,
craving
ceases.
From
the
cessation
of
craving
comes
the
cessation
of
clinging/sustenance.
From
the
cessation
of
clinging/sustenance
comes
the
cessation
of
becoming.
From
the
cessation
of
becoming
comes
the
cessation
of
birth.
From
the
cessation
of
birth,
then
aging,
illness
&
death,
sorrow,
lamentation,
pain,
distress,
&
despair
all
cease.
Such
is
the
cessation
of
this
entire
mass
of
suffering
&
stress.
"Just
as
if
a
great
mass
of
fire
of
ten...twenty...thirty
or
forty
cartloads
of
timber
were
burning,
into
which
a
man
simply
would
not
time
&
again
throw
dried
grass,
dried
cow
dung,
or
dried
timber,
so
that
the
great
mass
of
fire
--
its
original
sustenance
being
consumed,
and
no
other
being
offered
--
would,
without
nutriment,
go
out.
In
the
same
way,
in
one
who
keeps
focusing
on
the
drawbacks
of
clingable
phenomena,
craving
ceases.
From
the
cessation
of
craving
comes
the
cessation
of
clinging/sustenance.
From
the
cessation
of
clinging/sustenance
comes
the
cessation
of
becoming.
From
the
cessation
of
becoming
comes
the
cessation
of
birth.
From
the
cessation
of
birth,
then
aging,
illness
&
death,
sorrow,
lamentation,
pain,
distress,
&
despair
all
cease.
Such
is
the
cessation
of
this
entire
mass
of
suffering
&
stress."
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