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Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Exterior

Bāhiradukkhachandādisutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.180–182Linked Discourses 35.180–182
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3BāhiradukkhachandādisuttaDesire, Etc. for the Suffering Exterior

1.1“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?

1.3Rūpā, bhikkhave, dukkhā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.Sights,1.4Saddā …sounds,1.5gandhā …smells,1.6rasā …tastes,1.7phoṭṭhabbā …touches,1.8dhammā dukkhā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.and ideas are suffering …”1.9Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo”ti.