SN 1.56PTS (1st ed) SN 1.371 min read

Gives Birth (2nd)

Dutiyajanasutta

A person is created by craving and is not freed from suffering.

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

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.56Linked Discourses 1.56
0.26. Jarāvagga6. Old Age

0.3DutiyajanasuttaGives Birth (2nd)

1.1“Kiṁsu janeti purisaṁ,“What gives birth to a person?1.2kiṁsu tassa vidhāvati;What do they have that runs about?1.3Kiṁsu saṁsāramāpādi,What enters transmigration?1.4kismā na parimuccatī”ti.From what are they not free?”
2.1“Taṇhā janeti purisaṁ,“Craving gives birth to a person.2.2cittamassa vidhāvati;Their mind is what runs about.2.3Satto saṁsāramāpādi,A sentient being enters transmigration.2.4dukkhā na parimuccatī”ti.From suffering they are not free.”