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Perils (1st)

Paṭhamabhayasutta

The perils of birth, old age, sickness, and death.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.119Numbered Discourses 4.119
  • 0.212. Kesivagga12. With Kesi

0.3PaṭhamabhayasuttaPerils (1st)

1.1“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, bhayāni.“Mendicants, there are these four perils.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Jātibhayaṁ, jarābhayaṁ, byādhibhayaṁ, maraṇabhayaṁ—The perils of rebirth, old age, sickness, and death.

1.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri bhayānī”ti.These are the four perils.”

1.5Navamaṁ.