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SN 35.18PTS SN 4.121 min read

If There Were No Gratification (Exterior)

Dutiyanoceassādasutta

Beings are attached to the six exterior sense fields due to gratification, repelled due to drawbacks, and find escape because there is an escape.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.18Linked Discourses 35.18
  • 0.22. Yamakavagga2. Pairs

0.3DutiyanoceassādasuttaIf There Were No Gratification (Exterior)

1.1“No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ assādo abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā rūpesu sārajjeyyuṁ.“Mendicants, if there were no gratification in sights, sentient beings wouldn’t be aroused by them. …”1.2Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpānaṁ assādo, tasmā sattā rūpesu sārajjanti.1.3No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ ādīnavo abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā rūpesu nibbindeyyuṁ.1.4Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpānaṁ ādīnavo, tasmā sattā rūpesu nibbindanti.1.5No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā rūpehi nissareyyuṁ.1.6Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ, tasmā sattā rūpehi nissaranti.1.7No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, saddānaṁ …1.8gandhānaṁ …1.9rasānaṁ …1.10phoṭṭhabbānaṁ …1.11dhammānaṁ assādo abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā dhammesu sārajjeyyuṁ.1.12Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi dhammānaṁ assādo, tasmā sattā dhammesu sārajjanti.1.13No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ ādīnavo abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā dhammesu nibbindeyyuṁ.1.14Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi dhammānaṁ ādīnavo, tasmā sattā dhammesu nibbindanti.1.15No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā dhammehi nissareyyuṁ.1.16Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi dhammānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ, tasmā sattā dhammehi nissaranti.

2.1PTS 4.13Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, sattā imesaṁ channaṁ bāhirānaṁ āyatanānaṁ assādañca assādato, ādīnavañca ādīnavato, nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nābbhaññaṁsu, neva tāva, bhikkhave, sattā sadevakā lokā samārakā sabrahmakā sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya nissaṭā visaññuttā vippamuttā vimariyādīkatena cetasā vihariṁsu.2.2Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, sattā imesaṁ channaṁ bāhirānaṁ āyatanānaṁ assādañca assādato, ādīnavañca ādīnavato, nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ abbhaññaṁsu, atha, bhikkhave, sattā sadevakā lokā samārakā sabrahmakā sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya nissaṭā visaññuttā vippamuttā vimariyādīkatena cetasā viharantī”ti.

2.3Chaṭṭhaṁ.