Saṁyutta-Nikāya
Nidāna-vaggo
15. Anamatagga-saṁyuttam

Sutta 12

Sukhitaṁ

Happy

 

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The Exalted One was once staying at Sāvatthī.

There he addressed the brethren: —

Incalculable is the beginning, brethren, of this faring on.
The earliest point is not revealed of the running on,
the faring on of beings cloaked in ignorance,
tied to craving.

When, brethren, ye behold that which is happy, prosperous,¹,
then should ye thus judge:
— We too have enjoyed² on this wise
down that long time.

How is this?

Incalculable is the beginning, brethren, of this faring on.
The earliest point is not revealed of the running on,
the faring on of beings cloaked in ignorance,
tied to craving.

Thus far enough is there, brethren,
for you to be repelled by all the things of this world,
enough to lose all passion for them,
enough to be delivered therefrom.

 

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¹ Lit.: equipped. Explained as rich etc., in the C.

² The same word as that rendered 'suffered' in § 11: — paccanubhūtaṅ.