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SN 26.9PTS SN 3.2311 min read

Elements

Dhātusutta

The arising of the four physical elements is the arising of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 26.9Linked Discourses 26.9
  • 0.21. Uppādavagga1. Arising

0.3DhātusuttaElements

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo kho, bhikkhave, pathavīdhātuyā uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo …pe… jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo;“Mendicants, the arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of the earth element,1.3yo āpodhātuyā …the water element,1.4yo tejodhātuyā …the fire element,1.5yo vāyodhātuyā …the air element,1.6yo ākāsadhātuyā …the space element,11.7yo viññāṇadhātuyā uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.and the consciousness element is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.1.8Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, pathavīdhātuyā nirodho …pe… jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo;The cessation of the earth element,1.9yo āpodhātuyā nirodho …the water element,1.10yo tejodhātuyā nirodho …the fire element,1.11yo vāyodhātuyā nirodho …the air element,1.12yo ākāsadhātuyā nirodho …the space element,1.13yo viññāṇadhātuyā nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.and the consciousness element is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the disappearance of old age and death.”

1.14Navamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The inclusion of the space and consciousness elements distinguish this from SN 14.36.

    ↩ sn26.9:1.6