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Linked Discourses 15.14

2. Dutiyavagga
Chapter Two

Mātusutta

Mother

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
At Sāvatthī.

“Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…
“Mendicants, transmigration has no known beginning. …

na so, bhikkhave, satto sulabharūpo yo namātābhūtapubbo iminā dīghena addhunā.
It’s not easy to find a sentient being who in all this long time has not previously been your mother.

Taṁ kissa hetu?
Why is that?

Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…
Transmigration has no known beginning. …

alaṁ vimuccitun”ti.
This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”

Catutthaṁ.