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Suffering in the Three Times

Kālattayadukkhasutta

The aggregates are suffering in the past and future as in the present.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.10Linked Discourses 22.10
  • 0.21. Nakulapituvagga1. Nakula’s Father

0.3KālattayadukkhasuttaSuffering in the Three Times

1.1PTS 3.20Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ atītānāgataṁ;“Mendicants, form of the past and future is suffering,1.3ko pana vādo paccuppannassa.let alone the present.

1.4Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako atītasmiṁ rūpasmiṁ anapekkho hoti;Seeing this, a learned noble disciple is not concerned with past form,1.5anāgataṁ rūpaṁ nābhinandati;doesn’t look forward to enjoying future form,1.6paccuppannassa rūpassa nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti.and they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding present form.

1.7Vedanā dukkhā …Feeling …

1.8saññā dukkhā …Perception …

1.9saṅkhārā dukkhā …Choices …

1.10viññāṇaṁ dukkhaṁ atītānāgataṁ;Consciousness of the past and future is suffering,1.11ko pana vādo paccuppannassa.let alone the present.

1.12Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako atītasmiṁ viññāṇasmiṁ anapekkho hoti;Seeing this, a learned noble disciple is not concerned with past consciousness,1.13anāgataṁ viññāṇaṁ nābhinandati;doesn’t look forward to enjoying future consciousness,1.14paccuppannassa viññāṇassa nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hotī”ti.and they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding present consciousness.”

1.15Dasamaṁ.