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Taking Pleasure (Exterior)

Dutiyābhinandasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.20Linked Discourses 35.20
  • 0.22. Yamakavagga2. Pairs

0.3DutiyābhinandasuttaTaking Pleasure (Exterior)

1.1“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpe abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati.“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in sights, 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 sadde …pe…1.4gandhe …1.5rase …1.6phoṭṭhabbe …1.7dhamme abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati.1.8Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.

2.1PTS 4.14“Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpe nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati.2.2Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.2.3Yo sadde …pe…2.4gandhe …2.5rase …2.6phoṭṭhabbe …2.7dhamme nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati.2.8Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.”

2.9Aṭṭhamaṁ.