2.
The Discourse on a Being
161.
At Sāvatthī.
Seated to one side, the Venerable Rādha said this to the Blessed One -
"'A being, a being', venerable sir, is said.
In what way, venerable sir, is one called a being?"
"Rādha, whatever desire, whatever lust, whatever delight, whatever craving there is for matter, one is attached there, one is strongly attached there, therefore one is called a being.
In feeling,
in perception,
in activities,
whatever desire, whatever lust, whatever delight, whatever craving there is for consciousness, one is attached there, one is strongly attached there, therefore one is called a being."
"Just as, Rādha, boys or girls play with sand houses. As long as they are not free from lust for those sand houses, not free from desire, not free from affection, not free from thirst, not free from fever, not free from craving, for so long they cling to those sand houses, play with them, treasure them, treat them as their own. But when, Rādha, those boys or girls become free from lust for those sand houses, free from desire, free from affection, free from thirst, free from fever, free from craving, then they scatter those sand houses with their hands and feet, destroy them, demolish them, make them unplayable. So too, Rādha, you too scatter matter, destroy it, demolish it, make it unplayable, proceed to the elimination of craving. Scatter feeling, destroy it, demolish it, make it unplayable, proceed to the elimination of craving. Perception... scatter activities, destroy them, demolish them, make them unplayable, proceed to the elimination of craving. Scatter consciousness, destroy it, demolish it, make it unplayable, proceed to the elimination of craving. For the elimination of craving, Rādha, is Nibbāna." The second.