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sn.1.70 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

World

“In what has the world arisen?
In what does it form intimacy?
By clinging to what is the world
Harassed in regard to what?”

“In six has the world arisen;
In six it forms intimacy;
By clinging to six the world
Is harassed in regard to six.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh


The World

“What has the world arisen in?
What does it get close to?
By grasping what
is the world troubled in what?”
“The world’s arisen in six.
It gets close to six.
By grasping at these six,
the world’s troubled in six.”