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Linked Discourses 15.15 · Chapter Two

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Linked Discourses 15.15 · Chapter Two

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. …

It’s not easy to find a sentient being who in all this long time has not previously been your father. …

This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”

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[1] Bodhi: The commentary explains that the Buddha gave this discourse to cut through the conceit that arose in the five monks because of their arahantship.

[2] Bodhi: The commentary explains that the word "all" (sabba) is used here in a limited sense: that is, it denotes "all that is included in personal identity" (sakkaa-sabba), that is, all states or phenomena (dhamma) included in the five aggregates subject to clinging (khandha) (see MN 28). Supramundane states - paths, fruits, and nibbana - are not included here.

[3] Bodhi: Assutama puthujjana is an ordinary person who has no knowledge of the Dhamma. There are no noble attainments in the Dhamma. The mind is dominated by many defilements and wrong views.