“What is it that produces a person?
What does he have that runs around?
What enters upon saṁsara?
From what is he not yet freed?”“Craving is what produces a person;
His mind is what runs around;
A being enters upon saṁsara;
He is not freed from suffering.”
sn.1.56 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Produces (2)
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
Gives Birth (2nd)
“What gives birth to a person?What do they have that runs about?
What enters transmigration?
From what are they not free?”
“Craving gives birth to a person.
Their mind is what runs about.
A sentient being enters transmigration.
From suffering they are not free.”