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title: "Linked Discourses II: Causation · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Nidānavagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 13 of 35
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/13/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses II: Causation · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Nidānavagga, section 13. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/13/"
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# Linked Discourses II: Causation · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Nidānavagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Dependent origination and the chain of causes, the elements, the endless round of rebirth, and the great disciples.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 13. Incorporated Abbreviation Series · SN 12.82

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/13/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/13/#p-N

[¶0] SN 12.82 · The Teacher

> Pali: SN 12.82 · Satthusutta

[¶1] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

[¶2] “Mendicants, one who does not truly know or see old age and death should seek the Teacher so as to truly know old age and death. One who does not truly know or see the origin of old age and death should seek the Teacher so as to truly know the origin of old age and death. One who does not truly know or see the cessation of old age and death should seek the Teacher so as to truly know the cessation of old age and death. One who does not truly know or see the practice that leads to the cessation of old age and death should seek the Teacher so as to truly know the practice that leads to the cessation of old age and death.”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ jarāmaraṇe yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya satthā pariyesitabbo; jarāmaraṇasamudayaṁ ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ jarāmaraṇasamudaye yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya satthā pariyesitabbo; jarāmaraṇanirodhaṁ ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ jarāmaraṇanirodhe yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya satthā pariyesitabbo; jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya satthā pariyesitabbo”ti.

[¶3] (One discourse.)

> Pali: (Suttanto eko.)

[¶4] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ.

[¶5] (All the abbreviated texts should be told in full.)

> Pali: (Sabbesaṁ peyyālo evaṁ vitthāretabbo.)