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Interior and Cause Are Suffering

Ajjhattadukkhahetusutta

Since the causes of the six interior sense fields are suffering, how can the senses be free of suffering?

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.141Linked Discourses 35.141
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0.3AjjhattadukkhahetusuttaInterior and Cause Are Suffering

1.1“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.“Mendicants, the eye is suffering.1.2Yopi hetu yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi dukkho.The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also suffering.1.3Dukkhasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto sukhaṁ bhavissati …pe…Since the eye is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?

1.4jivhā dukkhā.The ear … nose … tongue … body …1.5Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo jivhāya uppādāya, sopi dukkho.1.6Dukkhasambhūtā, bhikkhave, jivhā kuto sukhā bhavissati …pe…1.7mano dukkho.mind is suffering.1.8Yopi hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi dukkho.The cause and reason that gives rise to the mind is also suffering.1.9Dukkhasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto sukho bhavissati.Since the mind is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?

1.10Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.11nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.12Aṭṭhamaṁ.