Devatāsaṁyutta 55

Linked Discourses 1.55

6. Old Age

Gives Birth (1st)

1 “What gives birth to a person?

What do they have that runs about?

What enters transmigration?

What’s their greatest fear?”

2 “Craving gives birth to a person.

Their mind is what runs about.

A sentient being enters transmigration.

Suffering is their greatest fear.”