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# Iti 15 · uttaka 15
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/iti-15/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:53:32.000Z
- Description: Itivuttaka · Iti 15. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Itivuttaka, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:33

*This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:* “Monks, I don’t envision even one other fetter–fettered by which beings conjoined go wandering & transmigrating on for a long, long time–like the fetter of craving. Fettered with the fetter of craving, beings conjoined go wandering & transmigrating on for a long, long time.”

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: [SN 21:10](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-21-10/); [SN 35:63](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-35-63/); [§105](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/iti-105/); [Sn 3:12](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-3-12/)

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