Aṅguttara Nikāya — Discursos Numerados — 4.9 — The Arising of Craving

1“Mendicants, there are four things that give rise to craving in a mendicant. What four? For the sake of robes, almsfood, lodgings, or rebirth in this or that state.

2These are the four things that give rise to craving in a mendicant.

3Craving is a person’s partner
as they transmigrate on this long journey.
They go from this state to another,
but don’t escape transmigration.

4Knowing this drawback—
that craving is the cause of suffering—
rid of craving, free of grasping,
a mendicant would wander mindful.”