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Nocedaṃ Sutta
- If there were no satisfaction (assādo) from the earth element, beings would not lust after it;
- if there were no misery (ādīnavo) in it, they would not be repelled by it;
- if there were no escape (nissaraṇaṃ) from it, beings would not so escape;
- when all these things are fully known, beings will live aloof from the world.
The same regarding the elements of water (āpo), fire (tejo), and air (vāyo). S.ii.172.