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SN 22.73PTS SN 3.811 min read

Gratification

Assādasutta

Only a noble disciple truly understand the five aggregates’ gratification, drawback, and escape.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.73Linked Discourses 22.73
  • 0.28. Khajjanīyavagga8. Bitable

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1.1PTS 3.82Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Assutavā, bhikkhave, puthujjano rūpassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.“Mendicants, an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t truly understand the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,1.3Vedanāya …feeling,1.4saññāya …perception,1.5saṅkhārānaṁ …choices,1.6viññāṇassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.and consciousness.1.7Sutavā ca kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako rūpassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.A learned noble disciple does truly understand the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,1.8Vedanāya …feeling,1.9saññāya …perception,1.10saṅkhārānaṁ …choices,1.11viññāṇassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānātī”ti.and consciousness.”

1.12Paṭhamaṁ.