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The Discourse on Craving as Root
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"I will teach you, monks, nine phenomena rooted in craving. Listen to that.
And which, monks, are the nine phenomena rooted in craving?
Dependent on craving there is quest, dependent on quest there is material gain, dependent on material gain there is judgment, dependent on judgment there is desire and lust, dependent on desire and lust there is holding, dependent on holding there is possession, dependent on possession there is stinginess, dependent on stinginess there is safeguarding, on account of safeguarding, taking up of sticks, taking up of knives, disputes, strife, contention, recrimination, divisive speech, and false speech - many evil unwholesome mental states come to be.
These, monks, are the nine phenomena rooted in craving."
The third.