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SN 1.68PTS (1st ed) SN 1.401 min read

Fastened Shut

Pihitasutta

The world is shut in by death.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.68Linked Discourses 1.68
  • 0.27. Addhavagga7. Overcome

0.3PihitasuttaFastened Shut

1.1“Kenassu pihito loko,“By what is the world fastened shut?11.2kismiṁ loko patiṭṭhito;On what is the world grounded?1.3Kenassu uḍḍito loko,By what is the world ensnared?1.4kenassu parivārito”ti.By what is it surrounded?”

2.1“Maccunā pihito loko,“The world is fastened shut by mortality.2.2dukkhe loko patiṭṭhito;The world is grounded on suffering.2.3Taṇhāya uḍḍito loko,Craving has ensnared the world.2.4jarāya parivārito”ti.It’s surrounded by old age.”

Translator’s notes

  1. This is the same as the previous, except the lines are rearranged.

    ↩ sn1.68:1.1