The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Puttasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 454

[454] Dwelling at Sāvatthī … There the Blessed One … "Bhikkhus, this saṃsāra is without discoverable beginning …" [elision in the Pali] "Bhikkhus, that being is not easy to find who has not formerly been your son …" [elision in the Pali] The eighth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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