[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Saṃyuktāgama (Sanskrit fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama) › [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra) › 266.4 # Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 266.4 雜阿含經 266.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [266.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.266.4) 爾時，佛告諸比丘：「於無始生死，無明所蓋，愛結所繫，長夜輪迴，不知苦之本際；有時長久不雨，地之所生百穀草木，皆悉枯乾。諸比丘！若無明所蓋，愛結所繫，眾生生死輪迴，愛結不斷，不盡苦邊。諸比丘！有時長夜不雨，大海水悉皆枯竭。諸比丘！無明所蓋，愛結所繫，眾生生死輪迴，愛結不斷，不盡苦邊。諸比丘！有時長夜須彌山王皆悉崩落，無明所蓋，愛結所繫，眾生長夜生死輪迴，愛結不斷，不盡苦邊。諸比丘！有時長夜此大地悉皆敗壞，而眾生無明所蓋，愛結所繫，眾生長夜生死輪迴，愛結不斷，不盡苦邊。 > It was then that the Buddha addressed the monks, “The starting point of suffering is unknown \[to sentient beings who\] circulate through beginningless births and deaths while shrouded by ignorance and tied up by the bond of craving. There are droughts that last a long time, when the hundred grains, plants, and trees that grow on the land all wither and dry up. Monks, while they’re shrouded by ignorance and tied up by the bond of craving, sentient beings will circulate through births and deaths. They haven’t cut the bond of craving nor reached the end of suffering. > — Charles Patton, The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Monks, there are times when it doesn’t rain for a long night, and all the water of the oceans dry up. Monks, while they’re shrouded by ignorance and tied up by the bond of craving, sentient beings will circulate through births and deaths. They haven’t cut the bond of craving nor reached the end of suffering. > — Charles Patton, The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Monks, there’s a time when Sumeru the King of Mountains is completely broken up for a long night. While they’re shrouded by ignorance and tied up by the bond of craving, sentient beings will circulate through births and deaths. They haven’t cut the bond of craving nor reached the end of suffering. > — Charles Patton, The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) > “Monks, there’s a time when this Earth is completely destroyed for a long night. While they’re shrouded by ignorance and tied up by the bond of craving, sentient beings will circulate through births and deaths. They haven’t cut the bond of craving nor reached the end of suffering. > — Charles Patton, The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) - [Previous: 266.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.266.3) - [Next: 266.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.266.5) - [Up: 266](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.266) ## Translations (2) - [The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra~en-patton.266.p2) — Charles Patton, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra~en-mt.266.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Gaddulabaddhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.99.1.1-9) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.266.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.266.4) · Pramāṇa