“By what is the world ensnared?
By what is it enveloped?
By what is the world shut in?
On what is the world established?”“The world is ensnared by craving;
It is enveloped by old age;
The world is shut in by death;
The world is established on suffering.”
sn.1.67 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Ensnared
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
Trapped
“What has trapped the world?By what is it surrounded?
What has the world fastened shut?
On what is the world grounded?”
“Craving has trapped the world.
It’s surrounded by old age.
Mortality has the world fastened shut.
The world is grounded on suffering.”