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Suffering

Dukkhasutta

Rādha asks the Buddha about suffering, and the Buddha explains in terms of the five aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.15Linked Discourses 23.15
  • 0.22. Dutiyamāravagga2. About Māra (2nd)

0.3DukkhasuttaSuffering

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

1.3“‘dukkhaṁ, dukkhan’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of ‘suffering’.1.4Katamaṁ nu kho, bhante, dukkhan”ti?What is suffering?”

1.5“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, dukkhaṁ, vedanā dukkhā, saññā dukkhā, saṅkhārā dukkhā, viññāṇaṁ dukkhaṁ.“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are suffering.

1.6Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.7nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.8Pañcamaṁ.