“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