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# SN 1:8 · Thoroughly Confused (Susammuṭṭha Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-8/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:55:36.000Z
- Description: Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 1:8. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:31

*Like the similar sutta [SN 1:7](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-7/), this sutta offers evidence in support of the translation, “awakened” for the Pali term,* Buddha. *The verses draw a direct connection between two words derived from the same root: the adjective* sambuddha, *a variant of* buddha, *and the verb* pābujjhati, *which in context clearly means to awaken from sleep.*

Standing to one side, a devatā addressed the Blessed One with a verse:

“Those for whom
phenomena are thoroughly confused,
who may be led
by the teachings of others:
	Asleep are they;
	they haven’t awakened.
It’s time for them
to awaken.”

The Buddha:

“Those for whom
phenomena are not confused,
may not be led
by the teachings of others.
	Awakened
	through right knowing,
they go among the discordant
harmoniously.”[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN1%5F8.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co)

Note

1\. See [note 1 under SN 1:7](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-7/).

See also: [MN 41](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-41/); [MN 61](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-61/); [MN 97](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-97/); [AN 6:55](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-6-55/); [AN 6:63](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-6-63/)

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN1%5F8.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*