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SN 23.9 - Desire and Greed Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato Source: https://suttacentral.net/sn23.9/en/sujato License: CC0-1.0 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.”