Gaddulabaddhasutta 1.1-9

Language: Pāli

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṃ.

At Sāvatthī.
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1.2

“Anamataggoyaṃ, bhikkhave, saṃsāro.

“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning.
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1.3

Pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ.

No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.
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1.4

Hoti so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṃ mahāsamuddo ussussati visussati na bhavati;

There comes a time when the ocean dries up and evaporates and is no more.
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1.5

na tvevāhaṃ, bhikkhave, avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ dukkhassa antakiriyaṃ vadāmi.

But in any case, there is no making an end of suffering for sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving, I say.
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1.6

Hoti so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṃ sineru pabbatarājā ḍayhati vinassati na bhavati;

There comes a time when Sineru the king of mountains is burned up and destroyed, and is no more.
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1.7

na tvevāhaṃ, bhikkhave, avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ dukkhassa antakiriyaṃ vadāmi.

But in any case, there is no making an end of suffering for sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving, I say.
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1.8

Hoti so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṃ mahāpathavī ḍayhati vinassati na bhavati;

There comes a time when the great earth is burned up and destroyed, and is no more.
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1.9

na tvevāhaṃ, bhikkhave, avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ dukkhassa antakiriyaṃ vadāmi.

But in any case, there is no making an end of suffering for sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving, I say.
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Translations (4)

A Leash — English
Die Leine — German
Une Laisse — French
Povodac — sr

Commentaries (1)

Sāratthappakāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

Linked texts (1)

雜阿含經 — Classical Chinese