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With Rādha on Suffering

Rādhadukkhasutta

Venerable Rādha asks for a teaching to take on retreat. The Buddha told him to abandon desire for sense experience, which is suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.77Linked Discourses 35.77
  • 0.28. Gilānavagga8. Sick

0.3RādhadukkhasuttaWith Rādha on Suffering

1.1“Yaṁ kho, rādha, dukkhaṁ tatra te chando pahātabbo.“Rādha, you should give up desire for what is suffering. …”1.2Kiñca, rādha, dukkhaṁ?1.3Cakkhu kho, rādha, dukkhaṁ. Tatra te chando pahātabbo.1.4Rūpā …1.5cakkhuviññāṇaṁ …1.6cakkhusamphasso …1.7yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassa …pe… adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi dukkhaṁ. Tatra te chando pahātabbo …pe…1.8mano dukkho …1.9dhammā …1.10manoviññāṇaṁ …1.11manosamphasso …1.12yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi dukkhaṁ. Tatra te chando pahātabbo.1.13Yaṁ kho, rādha, dukkhaṁ tatra te chando pahātabbo”ti.

1.14Catutthaṁ.