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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha

Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 59

Text 59 of 1,819

Canonical reference sn1.59

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Bhikkhu Sujato

Linked Discourses 1.59
6. Old Age
A Partner
“What is a person’s partner?
What instructs them?
Enjoying what is a mortal
released from all suffering?”
“Faith is a person’s partner.
Wisdom instructs them.
Delighting in extinguishment a mortal
is released from all suffering.”

Pali

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.59
6. Jarāvagga
Dutiyasutta
“Kiṁsu dutiyā purisassa hoti,
Kiṁsu cenaṁ pasāsati;
Kissa cābhirato macco,
Sabbadukkhā pamuccatī”ti.
“Saddhā dutiyā purisassa hoti,
Paññā cenaṁ pasāsati;
Nibbānābhirato macco,
Sabbadukkhā pamuccatī”ti.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Discours reliés 1.59
6. La vieillesse
Une compagne
« Quelle est la compagne d’une personne ?
Qu’est-ce qui l’instruit ?
En prenant plaisir à quoi un mortel
est-il libéré de toute souffrance ? »
« La foi est la compagne d’une personne.
La sagesse l’instruit.
En prenant plaisir à l’extinction, un mortel
est libéré de toute souffrance. »

Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 59

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Pali

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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