Sn 5.4: Mettagu-manava-puccha — Mettagu's Questions
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How does one cross the flood of birth and old age, sorrow, and grief?
Listen to this sutta read by Ajahn Sucitto (04'41" 1.6 MB)
Recorded by jtb on 4 July 2006 in Concord, Massachusetts. Translated from the Pali by H. Saddhatissa. From The Sutta Nipata (London: »Curzon Press, Ltd., 1985). Text is copyright © 1985 H. Saddhatissa. Permission pending.
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