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The Exterior as Suffering

Bāhirāyatanadukkhasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.226Linked Discourses 35.226
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3BāhirāyatanadukkhasuttaThe Exterior as Suffering

1.1“Rūpā, bhikkhave, dukkhā. Saddā … gandhā … rasā … phoṭṭhabbā … dhammā dukkhā.“Mendicants, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are suffering.

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