Reading guide
Three cravings, a familiar list
Sensual pleasures, existence, and nonexistence — the standard threefold craving list, given here without elaboration beyond the bare enumeration.
Key terms
kāmataṇhā, bhavataṇhā, vibhavataṇhā — “craving for sensual pleasures, for existence, and for nonexistence” — the standard threefold list
āvuso — “reverend, friend” — the reciprocal address term Jambukhādaka and Sāriputta use throughout this saṃyutta
pañhā — “question” — the recurring suffix naming every discourse's own Pali title throughout this saṃyutta
atthi... maggo atthi paṭipadā — “is there a path and a practice” — this saṃyutta's own recurring path-confirmation question, asked with only its object changing from SN 38.1 through SN 38.15
dasamaṁ — “tenth” — this discourse's own untranslated closing ordinal
The text
The portion of this discourse Sujato's own English translation renders. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘craving’. What is craving?” “Reverend, there are these three cravings. Craving for sensual pleasures, craving for existence, and craving for nonexistence. These are the three cravings.” “But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for completely understanding these cravings?” “There is.” …
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What three cravings does Sāriputta name?
Correct: A. The standard threefold craving list, familiar from earlier in this project's own coverage.