Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
12. Nidāna Saṃyutta
6. Rukkha Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
Part II.
The Book of Causation Nidāna-Vagga
12. Connected Discourses on Causation
6. Suffering (or The Tree)
Sutta 56
Dutiya Mahā Rukkha Suttaṃ
The Great Tree 2
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[1][pts] (This sutta is identical with the preceding one except that in both the sections on origination and cessation the similes come first and their applications only afterwards.)
