Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN1: Connected Discourses with Devatas

SN1:55 Produces (1)

1v.191 "What is it that produces a person?
What does he have that runs around?
What enters upon saṁsara?
What is his greatest fear?"

2v.192 "It is craving that produces a person;
His mind is what runs around;
A being enters upon saṁsara;
Suffering is his greatest fear."

1"Kiṁsu janeti purisaṁ,
kiṁsu tassa vidhāvati;
Kiṁsu saṁsāramāpādi,
kiṁsu tassa mahabbhayan"ti.

2"Taṇhā janeti purisaṁ,
cittamassa vidhāvati;
Satto saṁsāramāpādi,
dukkhamassa mahabbhayan"ti.

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