Vibhava tanha in the Agamas

[TheSynergist]

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The Pali Sangiti Sutta DN 33 has 3 different lists of 3 cravings.

Yeah, it collects together lists that seem to come from all corners of Buddhism. It really looks like a non-sectarian text when I compared it to the Agama versions.

It’s worth mentioning, too, that the Sarvastivadins have this version of the three cravings found in Theravada suttas in their Abhidharma as an alternative list. Perhaps it did exist in one of their sutras that we don’t have on hand to look at.

Another thing noteworthy about DN 33 is that it lists the Asura realm as an inauspicious birth, which is not typical of most of the Pali Suttas — compare with the parallel at AN 8.29, that omits Asuras.

DN 34 omits the mention of Asuras, and also just has the standard Pali list of three cravings.