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Linked Discourses · SN 35.141

  • Linked Discourses 35.141Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.141
  • 14. At Devadaha14. Devadahavagga

Interior and Cause Are SufferingAjjhattadukkhahetusutta

“Mendicants, the eye is suffering.“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ. The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also suffering.Yopi hetu yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi dukkho. Since the eye is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?Dukkhasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto sukhaṁ bhavissati …pe…

The ear … nose … tongue … body …jivhā dukkhā. mind is suffering.mano dukkho. The cause and reason that gives rise to the mind is also suffering.Yopi hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi dukkho. Since the mind is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?Dukkhasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto sukho bhavissati.

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

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.144 Exterior and Cause Are Suffering 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.144 14. At Devadaha Exterior and Cause Are Suffering “Mendicants, sights are suffering. The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also suffering. Since sights are produced by what is sufferin…
  2. SN 22.19 Suffering With Its Cause 0.62near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.19 2. Impermanence Suffering With Its Cause At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, form is suffering. The cause and reason that gives rise to form is also suffering. Since form is produced by what is suffering, h…
  3. SN 35.142 Interior and Cause Are Not-Self 0.60near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.142 14. At Devadaha Interior and Cause Are Not-Self “Mendicants, the eye is not-self. The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also not-self. Since the eye is produced by what is not-self,…
  4. SN 35.140 Interior and Cause Are Impermanent 0.55near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.140 14. At Devadaha Interior and Cause Are Impermanent “Mendicants, the eye is impermanent. The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also impermanent. Since the eye is produced by what is i…
  5. SN 35.171–173 Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Interior 0.51near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.171–173 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Interior “Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is suffering. And what is suffering? The eye, ea…