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SN 1.70

The World

Lokasutta

from: 7. Overcome

The World

“In what has the world arisen?
With what does it get intimate?
By grasping what
is the world troubled in what?”

“The world has arisen in six.
It gets intimate with six.
Derived from the six,
the world’s troubled in six.”

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

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