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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

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 253SN 1.67Uḍḍitasutta 254SN 1.68Pihitasutta 255SN 1.69Icchāsutta 256SN 1.70Lokasutta 257SN 1.71Chetvāsutta 258SN 1.72Rathasutta 259SN 1.73Vittasutta

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TheravādaSN 1.61HOLYMAP · SACRED TEXTS

Sutta PiṭakaSN 1.61

Sutta Piṭaka

SN 1.61

Nāmasutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Nāmasutta

“Kiṁsu sabbaṁ addhabhavi, kismā bhiyyo na vijjati; Kissassu ekadhammassa, sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Name

“What overcomes everything? What is it that nothing excels? What is the one thing that has everything under its sway?”

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

“Nāmaṁ sabbaṁ addhabhavi, nāmā bhiyyo na vijjati; Nāmassa ekadhammassa, sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“Name overcomes everything. Nothing excels name. Name is the one thing that has everything under its sway.”

SN 1.61English

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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.