SN 1.61 — Name

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Linked Discourses 1.61
7. Overcome
Name
“What overcomes everything?
What is it that nothing excels?
What is the one thing
that has everything under its sway?”
“Name overcomes everything.
Nothing excels name.
Name is the one thing
that has everything under its sway.”