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That Which is Suffering

Yaṁdukkhasutta

One should truly understand the five aggregates as suffering, etc.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.16Linked Discourses 22.16
  • 0.22. Aniccavagga2. Impermanence

0.3YaṁdukkhasuttaThat Which is Suffering

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.“Mendicants, form is suffering.1.3Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;What’s suffering is not-self.1.4yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

1.5Vedanā dukkhā …Feeling is suffering …

1.6saññā dukkhā …Perception is suffering …

1.7saṅkhārā dukkhā …Choices are suffering …

1.8viññāṇaṁ dukkhaṁ.Consciousness is suffering.1.9Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;What’s suffering is not-self.1.10yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

1.11Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.12nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.13Pañcamaṁ.