SN 1:56 · Engendered (2) (Jana Sutta)
“What engenders a person?
What does one have that runs around?
What rushes toward the wandering-on?
From what is one not yet released?”
The Buddha:
“Craving engenders a person.
One’s mind is what runs around.
A being rushes toward the wandering-on.
From suffering one’s not yet released.”
See also: SN 22:22
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
