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Linked Discourses · SN 22.29

  • Linked Discourses 22.29Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.29
  • 3. The Burden3. Bhāravagga

Taking PleasureAbhinandanasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in form, you take pleasure in suffering.“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati. If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say.Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.

If you take pleasure in feeling …Yo vedanaṁ abhinandati … perception …yo saññaṁ abhinandati … choices …yo saṅkhāre abhinandati … consciousness, you take pleasure in suffering.yo viññāṇaṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati. If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say.Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.

If you don’t take pleasure in form, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati. If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘parimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.

If you don’t take pleasure in feeling …Yo vedanaṁ nābhinandati … perception …yo saññaṁ nābhinandati … choices …yo saṅkhāre nābhinandati … consciousness, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.yo viññāṇaṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati. If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.”Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘parimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmī”ti.

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