Sn 5.10: Kappa-manava-puccha Sutta — Kappa's Question
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Is there anywhere safe to stand where we won't be swept away by aging and death? Listen to this sutta read by Ayya Medhanandi (02'08" 0.7 MB) Recorded by the reader in July 2005 in Paekakariki, New Zealand. 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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