Gaddulabaddhasutta 1

A Leash 1

Language: English

1.1

At Sāvatthī.

1.2

“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning.

1.3

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

1.4

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

1.5

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.

1.6

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

1.7

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.

1.8

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

1.9

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.

Translations (3)

Die Leine — German
Une Laisse — French
Povodac — sr

Commentaries (1)

Sāratthappakāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

Linked texts (1)

Gaddulabaddhasutta — Pāli