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The Suffering as Conducive to Extinguishment

Dukkhanibbānasappāyasutta

The way suitable for realizing extinguishment is to contemplate the process of sense experience as suffering.

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

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0.3DukkhanibbānasappāyasuttaThe Suffering as Conducive to Extinguishment

1.1“Nibbānasappāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paṭipadaṁ desessāmi.“Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…Listen …

1.3katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā?And what is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment?

1.4Idha, bhikkhave, cakkhuṁ dukkhanti passati, rūpā dukkhāti passati, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ dukkhanti passati, cakkhusamphasso dukkhoti passati, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi dukkhanti passati …pe…It’s when a mendicant sees that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are suffering. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also suffering.

1.5jivhā dukkhāti passati …pe…They see that the ear … nose … tongue … body …1.6mano dukkhoti passati, dhammā dukkhāti passati, manoviññāṇaṁ dukkhanti passati, manosamphasso dukkhoti passati, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi dukkhanti passati.mind, ideas, mind-consciousness, and mind contact are suffering. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also suffering.

1.7Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā”ti.This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”

1.8Tatiyaṁ.