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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha

Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 68

Text 68 of 1,819

Canonical reference sn1.68

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Bhikkhu Sujato

Linked Discourses 1.68
7. Overcome
Fastened Shut
“By what is the world fastened shut?
On what is the world grounded?
By what is the world ensnared?
By what is it surrounded?”
“The world is fastened shut by mortality.
The world is grounded on suffering.
Craving has ensnared the world.
It’s surrounded by old age.”

Pali

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.68
7. Addhavagga
Pihitasutta
“Kenassu pihito loko,
kismiṁ loko patiṭṭhito;
Kenassu uḍḍito loko,
kenassu parivārito”ti.
“Maccunā pihito loko,
dukkhe loko patiṭṭhito;
Taṇhāya uḍḍito loko,
jarāya parivārito”ti.

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

Discours reliés 1.68
7. Surmonter
Verrouillé
« Par quoi le monde est-il verrouillé ?
Sur quoi le monde repose-t-il ?
Par quoi le monde est-il pris au piège ?
Par quoi est-il encerclé ? »
« Le monde est verrouillé par la mortalité.
Le monde repose sur la souffrance.
L’avidité a pris le monde au piège.
Il est encerclé par la vieillesse. »

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