Re: Sutta quotation, re: cause of war

Dear Eisel,

This seems to be a distortion of the statements by the Buddha in the
Kalahavivaadasutta (Sn 862ff) and the Mahaanidaanasutta (DN 15 para 9f).
NT

Eisel Mazard wrote:

>I was recently given an English paraphrase of a suttapitaka quotation
>to the effect that "all war is caused by sensual desire, only sensual
>desire".
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>Although I've read a few essays that (claim to) gather the salient
>quotations on warfare, I don't recall this one.
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>Does anyone know the Sutta that contains this quote?  It would
>interesting me to find the original Pali (in context) --but I would
>have trouble searching through the computer record of every sutta that
>contains the phrase "Sensual desire"!
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