Friday, April 10, 2020

No.276 - Connected Discourses on Without Discoverable Beginning.


Connected Discourses on Without Discoverable Beginning. 

“Bhikkhus, this samsāra is without discoverable beginning.  A first point is not discerned of beings roaming and wandering on hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving.  One person, roaming and wandering on hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving, would leave behind a stack of bones, a heap of bones, a pile of bones as large as this Mount Vepulla, if there were someone to collect them and what is collected would not perish.  For what reason?  Because, bhikkhus, this saṃsāra is without discoverable beginning.  A first point is not discerned of beings roaming and wandering on hindered by ignorance and fettered by raving.  For such a long time, bhikkhus, you have experienced suffering, anguish, and disaster, and swelled the cemetery.  It is enough to experience revulsion towards all formations, enough to become dispassionate towards them, enough to be liberated from them.”

10 10) Person. 15 Anamataggasamyutta. Connected Discourses on Without Discoverable Beginning.  http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/connected-discourses-buddha

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