Related:: [[Kilesa]], [[Anusaya]] # Āsava (Mental Impurities) > [!info] > - In [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]], Āsava is the cause of [[Avijja]]. > [!info] Removal of all Defilements > ***Āsavakkhaya ñāna*** — the knowledge and wisdom of how to destroy all the defilements — will arise when one reaches [[Arahat]], and is what [[Buddha]] discovered on the night of his enlightenment. ^e39573 ## Cessaion of Āsava > [!NOTE] Ending of Defilements (Āsavānaṁ khayaṁ) — In Āsavakkhayasutta ([Iti102](https://suttacentral.net/iti102/en/sujato)) > “Mendicants, I say that the **ending of defilements** is for **one who knows and sees**, not for one who does not know or see. > _“**Jānatohaṁ**, bhikkhave, **passato** **āsavānaṁ khayaṁ** vadāmi, no ajānato no apassato._ > > For one who knows and sees what? > _Kiñca, bhikkhave, jānato, kiṁ passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti?_ > > The ending of defilements is for one who knows and sees **suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path**. > > _Idaṁ **dukkhanti**, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti. Ayaṁ **dukkhasamudayoti**, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti. Ayaṁ **dukkhanirodhoti**, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti. Ayaṁ **dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadāti**, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti._ ![[MN85 Bodhirājakumārasutta#^buddha-becomes-buddha|MN85]] ## Ways to Remove Āsava ![[MN2 Sabbāsavasutta#^7-ways-of-giving-up]] ## With [[Panna|Paññā]], Āsava is removed ![[DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta#^sila-samadhi-panna]] ![[MN26 Pāsarāsisutta#^9th-jhana]] ## 4 Types of Āsava > There is a list of four (as in D. 16, Pts.M., Vibh.): > 1. the canker of sense-desire **(kāmāsava)** > 2. of (desiring eternal) existence **(bhavāsava)** > 3. of (wrong) views **(ditthāsava)** > 4. of ignorance **(avijjāsava)** (source: [wisdomlib.org](https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/asava#theravada), Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines) ## Sutta - MN2 Sabbāsavasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn2/en/sujato)) - All about Asava!! Including **7 ways** of removing them!! - AN6.58 Āsavasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an6.58/en/sujato)) - Different ways of removing asava!