Saɱyutta Nikāya
I. Sagātha Vagga
1. Devatā-saṅyutta
VII. Addha Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
I. The Book with Verses
1. Connected Discourses with Devatās
Suttas 61-70
VII.
Weighed Down
Translated from the Pāli by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Sutta 61
Nāma Suttaɱ
Name
[203] "What has weighed down everything?
What is most extensive?
What is the one thing that has
All under its control?"
[204] "Name has weighed down everything;
Nothing is more extensive than name.
Name is the one thing that has
All under its control."
Sutta 62
Citta Suttaɱ
Mind
[205] "By what is the world led around?
By what is it dragged here and there?
What is the one thing that has
All under its control?"
[206] "The world is led around by mind;
By mind it's dragged here and there.
Mind is the one thing that has
All under its control."
Sutta 63
Taṇhā Suttaɱ
Craving
[207] "By what is the world led around?
By what is it dragged here and there?
What is the one thing that has
All under its control?"
[208] "The world is led around by craving;
By craving it is dragged here and there.
Craving is the one thing that has
All under its control."
Sutta 64
Samyojana Suttaɱ
Fetter
[209] "By what is the world tightly fettered?
What is its means of travelling about?
What is it that one must forsake
In order to say, ' Nibbāna'?"
[210] "The world is tightly fettered by delight;
Thought is its means of travelling about.
Craving is what one must forsake
In order to say, 'Nibbāna.'"
Sutta 65
Bandhana Suttaɱ
Bondage
[211] "By what is the world held in bondage?
What is its means of travelling about?
What is it that one must forsake
To cut off all bondage?"
[40] [212] "The world is held in bondage by delight;
Thought is its means of travelling about.
Craving is what one must forsake
To cut off all bondage."
Sutta 66
Abbhāta Suttaɱ
Afflicted
[213] "By what is the world afflicted?
By what is it enveloped?
By what dart has it been wounded?
With what is it always burning?"
[214] "The world is afflicted with death,
Enveloped by old age;
Wounded by the dart of craving,
It is always burning with desire."
Sutta 67
Uḍḍito Suttaɱ
Ensnared
[215] "By what is the world ensnared?
By what is it enveloped?
By what is the world shut in?
On what is the world established?"
[216] "The world is ensnared by craving;
It is enveloped by old age;
The world is shut in by death;
The world is established on suffering."
Sutta 68
Pihito Suttaɱ
Shut In
[217] "By what is the world shut in?
On what is the world established?
By what is the world ensnared?
By what is it enveloped?"
[218] "The world is shut in by death;
The world is established on suffering;
The world is ensnared by craving;
It is enveloped by old age."
Sutta 69
Icchā Suttaɱ
Desire
[219] "By what is the world bound?
By the removal of what is it freed?
What is it that one must forsake
To cut off all bondage?"
[220] "By desire is the world bound;
By the removal of desire it is freed.
Desire is what one must forsake
To cut off all bondage."
Sutta 70
Loka Suttaɱ
World
[221] "In what has the world arisen?
In what does it form intimacy?
By clinging to what is the world
Harassed in regard to what?"
[222] "In six has the world arisen;
In six it forms intimacy;
By clinging to six the world
Is harassed in regard to six."
