Yo no cedam Sutta

If there were no satisfaction from the earth element, beings would not lust after it;

if there were no misery in it, they would not be repelled by it;

if there were no escape from it, beings would not so escape;

when all these things are fully known, beings will live aloof from the world. S.ii.172.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from