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SN 1.61

Name

Nāmasutta

from: 7. Overcome

Name

“What overcomes everything?
What is it that nothing excels?
What is the one thing
that has everything under its sway?”

“Name overcomes everything.
Nothing excels name.
Name is the one thing
that has everything under its sway.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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