Dangers Bhaya Sutta (AN 3:63)

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('â', I am aging, but may my child not age.â A child canât get (its wish) with regard to its mother who is aging, ),

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('â', I am aging, but may my mother not age.â "A mother canât get (her wish) with regard to her child who is growing ill, ),

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('â', I am growing ill, but may my child not grow ill.â A child canât get (its wish) with regard to its mother who is growing ill, ),

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('â', I am growing ill, but may my mother not grow ill.â "A mother canât get (her wish) with regard to her child who is dying, ),

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('â', I am dying, but may my child not die.â A child canât get (its wish) with regard to its mother who is dying, ),

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('â', I am dying, but may my mother not die.â "These are the three things that are (genuine) mother-&-child-separating dangers. "There is a path, there is a practice, that leads to the abandoning and overcoming of these three mother-&-child-uniting dangers and these three mother-&-child-separating dangers. "And which is that path, which is that practiceâ¦? Just this very noble eightfold path, i.e., right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. "This is the path, this the practice, that leads to the abandoning and overcoming of these three mother-&-child-uniting dangers and these three mother-&-child-separating dangers." See also: MN 87; SN 15:3; SN 42:11; AN 5:49; AN 5:57; Ud 8:8; Thig 3:5; Thig 10 - --> - - - -