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### Samyutta Nikaya I.69

# Iccha Sutta

# Desire

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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[A deva:]

> With what is the world tied down?

> With the subduing
> of what is it freed?
> With the abandoning
> of what are all bonds
> cut through?

[The Buddha:]

> With desire the world is tied down.
> With the subduing
> of desire it's freed.

> With the abandoning
> of desire all bonds
> are cut through.

Revised: Sun 6 January 2002