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The Interior as Suffering

Ajjhattāyatanadukkhasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.223Linked Discourses 35.223
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3AjjhattāyatanadukkhasuttaThe Interior as Suffering

1.1“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ …pe… jivhā dukkhā …pe… mano dukkho.“Mendicants, the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are suffering.

1.2Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.3nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”