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Sutta Piṭaka

Theravāda

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 260SN 1.74Vuṭṭhisutta 261SN 1.75Bhītāsutta 262SN 1.76Najīratisutta 263SN 1.77Issariyasutta 264SN 1.78Kāmasutta

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Sutta PiṭakaSN 1.66

Sutta Piṭaka

SN 1.66

Attahatasutta

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

Attahatasutta

“Kenassubbhāhato loko, kenassu parivārito; Kena sallena otiṇṇo, kissa dhūpāyito sadā”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Beaten Down

“By what is the world beaten down? By what is it surrounded? What dart has laid it low? With what is it always fuming?”

Pāli · Sutta Piṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti)

“Maccunābbhāhato loko, jarāya parivārito; Taṇhāsallena otiṇṇo, icchādhūpāyito sadā”ti.

English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“The world is beaten down by death. It’s surrounded by old age. The dart of craving has laid it low. It’s always fuming with desire.”

SN 1.66English

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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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