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Satisfaction

Atittisutta

Indulgences never satisfy.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.108Numbered Discourses 3.108
  • 0.211. Sambodhavagga11. Awakening

0.3AtittisuttaSatisfaction

1.1“Tiṇṇaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭisevanāya natthi titti.“Mendicants, there are three indulgences that never satisfy.1.2Katamesaṁ tiṇṇaṁ?What three?1.3Soppassa, bhikkhave, paṭisevanāya natthi titti.Sleep,1.4Surāmerayapānassa, bhikkhave, paṭisevanāya natthi titti.drinking beer and wine,1.5Methunadhammasamāpattiyā, bhikkhave, paṭisevanāya natthi titti.and sexual intercourse.1.6Imesaṁ, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ paṭisevanāya natthi tittī”ti.These are the three indulgences that never satisfy.”

1.7Chaṭṭhaṁ.