The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Bhavasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 317

[317] Setting at Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of existence (bhava). What three? Existence in the sensual realm (kāmabhava), existence in the form realm (rūpabhava), and existence in the formless realm (arūpabhava). These, bhikkhus, are the three kinds of existence."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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