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SN 35.19PTS SN 4.131 min read

Taking Pleasure (Interior)

Paṭhamābhinandasutta

If you enjoy the six interior sense fields, you enjoy suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.19Linked Discourses 35.19
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0.3PaṭhamābhinandasuttaTaking Pleasure (Interior)

1.1“Yo, bhikkhave, cakkhuṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati.“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in the eye, you take pleasure in suffering.1.2Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say.

1.3Yo sotaṁ …pe…If you take pleasure in the ear …1.4yo ghānaṁ …pe…nose …1.5yo jivhaṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati.tongue …1.6Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.1.7Yo kāyaṁ …pe…body …1.8yo manaṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati.mind, you take pleasure in suffering.1.9Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say.

2.1Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, cakkhuṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati.If you don’t take pleasure in the eye, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.2.2Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘parimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.

2.3Yo sotaṁ …pe…If you don’t take pleasure in the ear …2.4yo ghānaṁ …pe…nose …2.5yo jivhaṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati.tongue …2.6Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘parimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.2.7Yo kāyaṁ …pe…body …2.8yo manaṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati.mind, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.2.9Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.”If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.”

2.10Sattamaṁ.