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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Mara: SN4:9 Life Span (1)

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1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:  "bhikkhavo"ti. "Bhadante"ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca: 

2 "Appamidaṃ, bhikkhave, manussānaṃ āyu. Gamanīyo samparāyo, kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ, caritabbaṃ brahmacariyaṃ. Natthi jātassa amaraṇaṃ. Yo, bhikkhave, ciraṃ jīvati, so vassasataṃ appaṃ vā bhiyyo"ti.

3 Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: 

4 "Dīghamāyu manussānaṃ,
na naṃ hīḷe suporiso;
Careyya khīramattova,
natthi maccussa āgamo"ti.

5 "Appamāyu manussānaṃ,
hīḷeyya naṃ suporiso;
Careyyādittasīsova,
natthi maccussa nāgamo"ti.

6 Atha kho māro … pe … tatthevantaradhāyīti.