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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha

Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 66

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Canonical reference sn1.66

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Bhikkhu Sujato

Linked Discourses 1.66
7. Overcome
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?”
“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.”

Pali

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.66
7. Addhavagga
Attahatasutta
“Kenassubbhāhato loko,
kenassu parivārito;
Kena sallena otiṇṇo,
kissa dhūpāyito sadā”ti.
“Maccunābbhāhato loko,
jarāya parivārito;
Taṇhāsallena otiṇṇo,
icchādhūpāyito sadā”ti.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Discours reliés 1.66
7. Surmonter
Accablé
« Par quoi le monde est-il accablé ?
Par quoi est-il encerclé ?
Quel trait l’a terrassé ?
De quoi est-il toujours fumant ? »
« Le monde est accablé par la mort.
Il est encerclé par la vieillesse.
Le trait de l’avidité l’a terrassé.
Il est toujours fumant de désir. »

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