• Linked Discourses 1.56 Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.56
  • 6. Old Age 6. Jarāvagga

Gives Birth (2nd) Dutiyajanasutta

ā€œWhat gives birth to a person? ā€œKiṁsu janeti purisaṁ, What do they have that runs about? kiṁsu tassa vidhāvati; What enters transmigration? Kiṁsu saṁsāramāpādi, From what are they not free?ā€ kismā na parimuccatÄ«ā€ti.

ā€œCraving gives birth to a person. ā€œTaṇhā janeti purisaṁ, Their mind is what runs about. cittamassa vidhāvati; A sentient being enters transmigration. Satto saṁsāramāpādi, From suffering they are not free.ā€ dukkhā na parimuccatÄ«ā€ti.