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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: 15 of 35
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/15/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses II: Causation · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Nidānavagga, section 15. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/15/"
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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.

## 15. Sets of Eleven on Training, Etc. · SN 12.93–103–12.192–202

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/15/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-2/15/#p-N

[¶0] SN 12.93–103

> Pali: SN 12.93–103

[¶1] “Mendicants, one who does not truly know or see old age and death should train so as to truly know old age and death. …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā apassatā yathābhūtaṁ jarāmaraṇe yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya sikkhā karaṇīyā.

[¶2] > Pali: (Peyyālo. Catusaccikaṁ kātabbaṁ.)

[¶3] SN 12.104–114

> Pali: SN 12.104–114

[¶4] “… practice meditation …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… yogo karaṇīyo …pe….

[¶5] SN 12.115–125

> Pali: SN 12.115–125

[¶6] “… rouse up enthusiasm …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… chando karaṇīyo …pe….

[¶7] SN 12.126–136

> Pali: SN 12.126–136

[¶8] “… try vigorously …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… ussoḷhī karaṇīyā …pe….

[¶9] SN 12.137–147

> Pali: SN 12.137–147

[¶10] “… persevere …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… appaṭivānī karaṇīyā …pe….

[¶11] SN 12.148–158

> Pali: SN 12.148–158

[¶12] “… be keen …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… ātappaṁ karaṇīyaṁ …pe….

[¶13] SN 12.159–169

> Pali: SN 12.159–169

[¶14] “… rouse up energy …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… vīriyaṁ karaṇīyaṁ …pe….

[¶15] SN 12.170–180

> Pali: SN 12.170–180

[¶16] “… persist …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… sātaccaṁ karaṇīyaṁ …pe….

[¶17] SN 12.181–191

> Pali: SN 12.181–191

[¶18] “… be mindful …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… sati karaṇīyā …pe….

[¶19] SN 12.192–202

> Pali: SN 12.192–202

[¶20] “… use situational awareness …”

> Pali: “Jarāmaraṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ajānatā …pe… sampajaññaṁ karaṇīyaṁ …pe….