“By what is the world bound?
By the removal of what is it freed?
What is it that one must forsake
To cut off all bondage?”“By desire is the world bound;
By the removal of desire it is freed.
Desire is what one must forsake
To cut off all bondage.” sn.i.41
SN1.69: Icchāsutta
Icchāsutta: Desire - translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Translations:Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Source text via SuttaCentral.