sn22.31:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn22.31:1.2 “Mendicants, I will teach you gloom and the root of gloom.
sn22.31:1.3 Listen …
sn22.31:1.4 And what is gloom?
sn22.31:1.5 Form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are gloom.
sn22.31:1.6 This is called gloom.
sn22.31:1.7 And what is the root of gloom?
sn22.31:1.8 It’s the craving that leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights. That is,
sn22.31:1.9 craving for sensual pleasures, craving for continued existence, and craving for nonexistence.
sn22.31:1.10 This is called the root of gloom.”