SOURCE: "FIVE SAMYUTTAS FROM SAGATHAVAGGA
SAMYUTTA"
Translated by U Tin U (Myaung), Yangon
Edited by the Editorial Committee, Burma
(Myanmar) Tipitaka Association, 1998
Tatiya Jana Sutta
Third Discourse on Cause of Rebirth
57. (The deva said:)
"What
causes a being to come into existence?
What in him constantly
runs hither and thither?
What undergoes the
cycle of rebirths?
What can he ultimately
rely on?"
(The Bhagava said:)
"Craving causes a being to come into
existence.
His mind constantly runs hither and thither.
Beings undergo the cycle of rebirths.
He can ultimately rely on his actions (past and present)."