Devatāsaṁyutta 68

Linked Discourses 1.68

7. Overcome

Fastened Shut

1 “By what is the world fastened shut?

On what is the world grounded?

By what is the world ensnared?

By what is it surrounded?”

2 “The world is fastened shut by mortality.

The world is grounded on suffering.

Craving has ensnared the world.

It’s surrounded by old age.”