"And so, Ananda, feeling conditions craving, craving conditions seeking, seeking conditions acquisition, acquisition conditions decision-making, decision-making conditions lustful desire, lustful desire conditions attachment, attachment conditions appropriation, appropriation conditions avarice, avarice conditions guarding of possessions, and because of the guarding of possessions there arise the taking up of stick and sword, quarrels, disputes, arguments, strife, abuse, lying and other evil unskilled states.
"I have said, 'All these evil unskilled states arise because of the guarding of possessions'. For if there were absolutely no guarding of possessions...would there be the taking up of stick or sword...?"
"No, Lord." [Ananda answered.]
"Therefore, Ananda, the guarding of possessions is the root, the cause, the origin, the condition for all these evil unskilled states.
"I have said, 'Avarice conditions the guarding of possessions...'.
---Mahanidana Sutta---
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