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Should Be Seen

Daṭṭhabbasutta

See pleasant feeling as painful, painful feeling as a dart, and neutral feeling as impermanent.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.5Linked Discourses 36.5
  • 0.21. Sagāthāvagga1. With Verses

0.3DaṭṭhabbasuttaShould Be Seen

1.1“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā.“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.1.2Katamā tisso?What three?

1.3Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā.Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.

1.4Sukhā, bhikkhave, vedanā dukkhato daṭṭhabbā, dukkhā vedanā sallato daṭṭhabbā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā aniccato daṭṭhabbā.Pleasant feeling should be seen as suffering. Painful feeling should be seen as a dart. Neutral feeling should be seen as impermanent.

1.5Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno sukhā vedanā dukkhato diṭṭhā hoti, dukkhā vedanā sallato diṭṭhā hoti, adukkhamasukhā vedanā aniccato diṭṭhā hoti—When a mendicant has seen these three feelings in this way,1.6ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘bhikkhu sammaddaso acchecchi taṇhaṁ, vivattayi saṁyojanaṁ, sammā mānābhisamayā antamakāsi dukkhassā’ti.they’re called a mendicant who sees rightly, has cut off craving, cast off the fetters, and by rightly comprehending conceit has made an end of suffering.

2.1Yo sukhaṁ dukkhato adda,A mendicant who sees pleasure as pain,2.2dukkhamaddakkhi sallato;and suffering as a dart,2.3Adukkhamasukhaṁ santaṁ,and that peaceful, neutral feeling2.4addakkhi naṁ aniccato.as impermanent

3.1Sa ve sammaddaso bhikkhu,sees rightly;3.2parijānāti vedanā;they completely understand feelings.3.3So vedanā pariññāya,Completely understanding feelings,3.4diṭṭhe dhamme anāsavo;they’re without defilements in this very life.3.5Kāyassa bhedā dhammaṭṭho,That knowledge master is firm in principle;3.6saṅkhyaṁ nopeti vedagū”ti.when their body breaks up, they can’t be reckoned.”

3.7Pañcamaṁ.