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- Samyutta Nikaya XV.11
- Duggata Sutta
- Fallen on Hard Times
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At Savatthi. There the Blessed One said: "From an
inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though
beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering
on. When you see someone who has fallen on hard times, overwhelmed with hard times, you
should conclude: 'We, too, have experienced just this sort of thing in the course of that
long, long time.'
"Why is that? From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning
point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are
transmigrating & wandering on. Long have you thus experienced stress, experienced
pain, experienced loss, swelling the cemeteries -- enough to become disenchanted with all
fabricated things, enough to become dispassionate, enough to be released."