Catucakka Sutta

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	9. Catucakka Sutta Discourse on the Four Postures Satti Vagga, Devata Samyutta, Sagatha Vagga Samyutta, Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka SOURCE: "FIVE SAMYUTTAS FROM SAGATHAVAGGA SAMYUTTA" Translated by U Tin U (Myaung), Yangon Edited by the Editorial Committee, Burma (Myanmar) Tipitaka Association, 1998

Discourse on the Four Postures

29. (The deva said:)

         "O Mighty One!
         The body has four postures;
         it has nine orifices¹
         it is filled with faeces;
         it is bound up with greed;
         it comes into being in the marsh (of the mother's womb).
         In what way can there be escape from the body?"

(The Bhagava said:)

         "By cutting off the cords of enmity,
         the thongs of defilements,
         evil desire which is greed, and
         by uprooting Craving,
         there will be escape from the body."

End of the Catucakka Sutta,
the ninth in this vagga.

1. It has nine orifices:
The body is constantly excreting matter through nine orifices viz., two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, the mouth, the anus and the urinal tract.

Alphabetical Index

9. Catucakka Sutta Discourse on the Four Postures Satti Vagga, Devata Samyutta, Sagatha Vagga Samyutta, Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka

9. Catucakka Sutta
Discourse on the Four Postures
Satti Vagga, Devata Samyutta, Sagatha Vagga Samyutta,
Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka