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# Iti 105 · uttaka 105
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/iti-105/
- Published: 2026-06-01T01:42:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:38:34.000Z
- Description: Itivuttaka · Iti 105. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

*This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:* “Monks, there are these four birthplaces of craving where a monk’s craving, when taking birth, takes birth. Which four? Either for the sake of cloth a monk’s craving, when taking birth, takes birth. Or for the sake of alms food a monk’s craving, when taking birth, takes birth. Or for the sake of lodging a monk’s craving, when taking birth, takes birth. Or for the sake of becoming or not becoming this or that a monk’s craving, when taking birth, takes birth. These are the four birthplaces of craving where a monk’s craving, when taking birth, takes birth.”

With craving his companion, a man

wanders on a long, long time.

Neither in this state here

nor anywhere else

does he go beyond

the wandering- on.

Knowing this drawback–

that craving brings stress into play–

free from craving,

devoid of clinging,

mindful, the monk

lives the mendicant life.

See also: AN 4:9; [AN 4:28](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-4-28/); [Sn 3:12](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-3-12/)

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Iti/iti105.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*