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SN 26.2PTS SN 3.2291 min read

Sights

Rūpasutta

The arising of the six exterior sense fields is the arising of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 26.2Linked Discourses 26.2
  • 0.21. Uppādavagga1. Arising

0.3RūpasuttaSights

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo kho, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.“Mendicants, the arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of sights is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.1.3Yo saddānaṁ …The arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of sounds,1.4yo gandhānaṁ …smells,1.5yo rasānaṁ …tastes,1.6yo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ …touches,1.7yo dhammānaṁ uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.and ideas is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.1.8Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo.The cessation, settling, and disappearance of sights,1.9Yo saddānaṁ …sounds,1.10yo gandhānaṁ …smells,1.11yo rasānaṁ …tastes,1.12yo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ …touches,1.13yo dhammānaṁ nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.and ideas is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the disappearance of old age and death.”

1.14Dutiyaṁ.