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The Interior as Suffering

Ajjhattadukkhasutta

The six interior sense fields are suffering and not-self. When a noble disciple truly sees them like this, they become disillusioned and liberated.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.2Linked Discourses 35.2
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0.3AjjhattadukkhasuttaThe Interior as Suffering

1.1“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.“Mendicants, the eye is suffering.1.2Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;What’s suffering is not-self.1.3yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

1.4Sotaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…The ear,1.5ghānaṁ dukkhaṁ …nose,1.6jivhā dukkhā …tongue,1.7kāyo dukkho …body,1.8mano dukkho.and mind are suffering.1.9Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;What’s suffering is not-self.1.10yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

1.11Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.12nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.13Dutiyaṁ.