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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha

Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 56

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Canonical reference sn1.56

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Bhikkhu Sujato

Linked Discourses 1.56
6. Old Age
Gives Birth (2nd)
“What gives birth to a person?
What do they have that runs about?
What enters transmigration?
From what are they not free?”
“Craving gives birth to a person.
Their mind is what runs about.
A sentient being enters transmigration.
From suffering they are not free.”

Pali

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.56
6. Jarāvagga
Dutiyajanasutta
“Kiṁsu janeti purisaṁ,
kiṁsu tassa vidhāvati;
Kiṁsu saṁsāramāpādi,
kismā na parimuccatī”ti.
“Taṇhā janeti purisaṁ,
cittamassa vidhāvati;
Satto saṁsāramāpādi,
dukkhā na parimuccatī”ti.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Discours reliés 1.56
6. La vieillesse
Donne naissance (2)
« 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 ?
De quoi n’est-elle pas libre ? »
« L’avidité donne naissance à une personne.
C’est son esprit qui court de-ci de-là.
Un être sensible entre dans la transmigration.
Il n’est pas libre de la souffrance. »

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