“Tangled within, tangled without: these people are tangled in tangles. I ask you this, Gotama: who can untangle this tangle?”
“A wise person grounded in ethics, developing the mind and wisdom, a keen and alert mendicant—they can untangle this tangle.
Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance have faded away; the perfected ones with defilements ended—they have untangled the tangle.
And where name and form cease with no residue left behind; and impingement and perception of form: it’s here this tangle is cut.”
A Tangle
SN 1.23 · Jaṭāsutta
Connections
Collection & context
- Saṃyutta NikāyaThe collection containing this text
- The Pāli canonCanonical collection in which this edition is preserved
- Theravāda traditionsTransmission and study context
- The early Buddhist communityHistorical and traditional setting
Books
- The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Saṃyutta NikāyaBhikkhu Bodhi; Bhikkhu Bodhi (translator) · Complete collection edition
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