9.
The Stick Discourse
132.
He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"This wandering in the round of rebirths, monks, is without discernible beginning.
A first point is not discerned of beings hindered by ignorance, fettered by craving, transmigrating and wandering in the round of rebirths.
Just as, monks, a stick thrown up into the sky falls once on its root, falls once on its middle, falls once on its end;
so too, monks, beings hindered by ignorance, fettered by craving, transmigrating and wandering in the round of rebirths, once go from this world to the world beyond, once come from the world beyond to this world.
What is the reason for this?
This wandering in the round of rebirths, monks, is without discernible beginning, etc.
enough to become liberated."
The ninth.