![[info icon]](./../../../img/question_16.gif "Summary: A brief and elegant summary of the heart of the Buddha's teaching.")
[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.
©1999 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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Transcribed from a file provided by the translator. Last revised for Access to Insight on 14 June 2010.
How to cite this document (a suggested style): "Iccha Sutta: Desire" (SN 1.69), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 14 June 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn01/sn01.069.than.html .