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SN 22.148PTS SN 3.1801 min read

Observing Suffering

Dukkhānupassīsutta

One gone forth should dwell contemplating suffering in the aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.148Linked Discourses 22.148
  • 0.214. Kukkuḷavagga14. Burning Chaff

0.3DukkhānupassīsuttaObserving Suffering

1.1PTS 3.180Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.1

1.2“Saddhāpabbajitassa, bhikkhave, kulaputtassa ayamanudhammo hoti—“Mendicants, when a gentleman has gone forth out of faith, this is what’s in line with the teaching.1.3yaṁ rūpe dukkhānupassī vihareyya.They should meditate observing suffering in form,1.4Vedanāya …feeling,1.5saññāya …perception,1.6saṅkhāresu …choices,1.7viññāṇe dukkhānupassī vihareyya …pe…and consciousness. …1.8‘parimuccati dukkhasmā’ti vadāmī”ti.They’re freed from suffering, I say.”

1.9Terasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This corresponds to SN 22.41.

    The PTS edition omitted the text of this discourse, apparently by oversight. This means that the numbers of the subsequent discourses in this Saṁyutta are short by one.

    ↩ sn22.148:1.1