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6. Abbh±hata Sutta
Discourse on what Afflicts the World

66. (The deva said:)

"By what is the world afflicted?

What besets the world?

What is the arrow that pierces the world?

(The Bhagava said:)

"The world is afflicted by Death.

Ageing besets the world. ,.

Craving is the arrow that pierces the world.

Desire is constantly burning the world."

End of the Abbh±hata Sutta,

the sixth in this vagga.

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