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With Suffering as Outcome

Dukkhudrayasutta

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.187Numbered Discourses 10.187
  • 0.218. Sādhuvagga18. Good

0.3DukkhudrayasuttaWith Suffering as Outcome

1.1“Dukkhudrayañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi sukhudrayañca.“I will teach you the principle that has suffering as outcome, and that which has happiness as outcome. …1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…1.3katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo?And what is the principle whose outcome is suffering?1.4Pāṇātipāto …pe…Killing living creatures …1.5micchādiṭṭhi—wrong view.1.6ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo.This is the principle whose outcome is suffering.

2.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo?And what is the principle whose outcome is happiness?2.2Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…Not killing living creatures …2.3sammādiṭṭhi—right view.2.4ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo”ti.This is the principle whose outcome is happiness.”

2.5Dasamaṁ.