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Death

Maraṇasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.68Linked Discourses 46.68
  • 0.28. Nirodhavagga8. Cessation

0.3MaraṇasuttaDeath

1.1“Maraṇasaññā, bhikkhave …pe…”“Mendicants, when the perception of death is developed and cultivated it’s very fruitful and beneficial. …”1

1.2dutiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The fruit is freedom from the desire to be reborn (AN 7.49:4.2).

    ↩ sn46.68:1.1