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SN 35.171–1731 min read

Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Interior

Dukkhachandādisutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.171–173Linked Discourses 35.171–173
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3DukkhachandādisuttaDesire, Etc. for the Suffering Interior

1.1PTS 4.150“Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.“Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is suffering.1.2Kiñca, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ?And what is suffering?

1.3Cakkhu, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo …pe…The eye, ear, nose,1.4jivhā dukkhā …pe…tongue, body,1.5mano dukkho; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.and mind are suffering …”1.6Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo”ti.