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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

235SN 1.49Maccharisutta 236SN 1.50Ghaṭīkārasutta 237SN 1.51Jarāsutta 238SN 1.52Ajarasāsutta 239SN 1.53Mittasutta 240SN 1.54Vatthusutta 241SN 1.55Paṭhamajanasutta 242SN 1.56Dutiyajanasutta 243SN 1.57Tatiyajanasutta 244SN 1.58Uppathasutta 245SN 1.59Dutiyasutta 246SN 1.60Kavisutta 247SN 1.61Nāmasutta 248SN 1.62Cittasutta 249SN 1.63Taṇhāsutta 250SN 1.64Saṁyojanasutta 251SN 1.65Bandhanasutta 252SN 1.66Attahatasutta

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TheravādaSN 1.54HOLYMAP · SACRED TEXTS

Sutta PiṭakaSN 1.54

Sutta Piṭaka

SN 1.54

Vatthusutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Vatthusutta

“Kiṁsu vatthu manussānaṁ, kiṁsūdha paramo sakhā; Kiṁsu bhūtā upajīvanti, ye pāṇā pathavissitā”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Grounds

“What is the site for human beings? What is the best comrade here? By what do the creatures who live off the earth sustain their life?”

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

“Puttā vatthu manussānaṁ, bhariyā ca paramo sakhā; Vuṭṭhiṁ bhūtā upajīvanti, ye pāṇā pathavissitā”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“Children are the site for human beings. A wife is the best comrade. The creatures who live off the earth sustain their life by rain.”

SN 1.54English

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Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)Original · Pāli

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund), as published by SuttaCentral. Public domain. · Source ↗

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka, via SuttaCentral. Public domain.

Sutta Piṭaka, tr. Bhikkhu SujatoTranslation · English · Bhikkhu Sujato, 2018

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato. SuttaCentral, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). · Source ↗

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (SuttaCentral), dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The translator respectfully requests that any use be in accordance with the values and principles of the Buddhist community. In particular, please do not use this work in AI training datasets, for the development of any AI model or algorithm, or in any AI-derived technologies.

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