Monday, April 09, 2012

 

Excerpt from Mahàtanhàsankhaya Sutta, Majjhimma Nikaya 38 - Condition for birth

"... Bhikkhus, with the coming together of three things a descent to the womb comes about:

1. Here the mother and father come together. It is not the season of the mother. The one to be born does not attend Then there is no descent to the womb.

2. Here, mother and father come together. It is the season of the mother. The one to be born does not attend. Then there is no descent to the womb.

3. Here mother and father come together. It is the season of the mother and the one to be born attends. Then there is a descent to the womb.

That mother protects the womb for nine or ten months with great anxiety and trouble. After nine or ten months that mother gives birth with great anxiety and trouble. She supports the born with her own blood. In the noble ones' dispensation mother's milk is called blood. .."

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