The Fire Sermon was the third of the three cardinal discourses of the Buddha. In the first two, the Buddha set out his basic teachings to a small group of fellow spiritual seekers. But the third was delivered to a crowd of 1000 fire-worshiping ascetics. In this sermon, the Buddha turns the image of fire into a metaphor for the suffering caused by craving and clinging. He exhorts the crowd to give up desire and to find the end of suffering through dispassion, to release the heart from greed, hatred, and delusion.
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