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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha
Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 55
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English
Bhikkhu Sujato
Linked Discourses 1.55
6. Old Age
Gives Birth (1st)
“What gives birth to a person?
What do they have that runs about?
What enters transmigration?
What’s their greatest fear?”
“Craving gives birth to a person.
Their mind is what runs about.
A sentient being enters transmigration.
Suffering is their greatest fear.”
Pali
Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.55
6. Jarāvagga
Paṭhamajanasutta
“Kiṁsu janeti purisaṁ,
kiṁsu tassa vidhāvati;
Kiṁsu saṁsāramāpādi,
kiṁsu tassa mahabbhayan”ti.
“Taṇhā janeti purisaṁ,
cittamassa vidhāvati;
Satto saṁsāramāpādi,
dukkhamassa mahabbhayan”ti.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Discours reliés 1.55
6. La vieillesse
Donne naissance (1)
« Qu’est-ce qui donne naissance à une personne ?
Qu’a-t-elle qui court de-ci de-là ?
Qu’est-ce qui entre dans la transmigration ?
Quelle est sa plus grande peur ? »
« L’avidité donne naissance à une personne.
C’est son esprit qui court de-ci de-là.
Un être sensible entre dans la transmigration.
La souffrance est sa plus grande peur. »
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Craving
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Dependent arising
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Dukkha
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Family
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Fear
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Impermanence
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Nibbana
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Noble eightfold path
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Not-self
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Reason
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Suffering
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