SN 1.56
Dutiyajana sutta: Gives Birth (2nd)
Dutiyajanasutta
Jarāvagga
A person is created by craving and is not freed from suffering.
Translations
“What gives birth to a person?
What do they have that runs about?
What enters transmigration?
From what are they not free?”
“Craving gives birth to a person.
Their mind is what runs about.
A sentient being enters transmigration.
From suffering they are not free.”
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