Mother

Mātusutta

Mother

Mātusutta

EN
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 mother. Why is that?
PL
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe… na so, bhikkhave, satto sulabharūpo yo namātābhūtapubbo iminā dīghena addhunā. Taṁ kissa hetu?
EN
This transmigration has no known beginning. … This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”
PL
Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe… alaṁ vimuccitun”ti. Catutthaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

Source
Mātusutta — Reader · Sutraya