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Linked Discourses · SN 23.16

  • Linked Discourses 23.16Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.16
  • 2. About Māra (2nd)2. Dutiyamāravagga

Liable to SufferingDukkhadhammasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of having ‘suffering nature’.“‘dukkhadhammo, dukkhadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. What is of a nature to suffer?”Katamo nu kho, bhante, dukkhadhammo”ti?

“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are of a nature to suffer.“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, dukkhadhammo, vedanā dukkhadhammo, saññā dukkhadhammo, saṅkhārā dukkhadhammo, viññāṇaṁ dukkhadhammo.

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

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. SN 23.15 Suffering 0.87near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.15 2. About Māra (2nd) Suffering At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: “Sir, they speak of ‘suffering’. What is suffering?” “Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices,…
  2. SN 23.12 Subject to Māra 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.12 2. About Māra (2nd) Subject to Māra At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: “Sir, they speak of ‘Māra nature’. What is of Māra nature?” “Rādha, form is of Māra nature.…
  3. SN 23.14 Liable to Impermanence 0.67near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.14 2. About Māra (2nd) Liable to Impermanence At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: “Sir, they speak of having ‘impermanent nature’. What is of impermanent nature?” “Rā…
  4. SN 23.13 Impermanence 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.13 2. About Māra (2nd) Impermanence At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: “Sir, they speak of ‘impermanence’. What has impermanent nature?” “Rādha, form, feeling, perce…
  5. SN 23.18 Naturally Not-Self 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.18 2. About Māra (2nd) Naturally Not-Self At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: “Sir, they speak of having ‘not-self nature’. What has a nature of not-self?” “Rādha, fo…