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Linked Discourses · SN 35.144

  • Linked Discourses 35.144Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.144
  • 14. At Devadaha14. Devadahavagga

Exterior and Cause Are SufferingBāhiradukkhahetusutta

“Mendicants, sights are suffering.“Rūpā, bhikkhave, dukkhā. The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also suffering.Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo rūpānaṁ uppādāya, sopi dukkho. Since sights are produced by what is suffering, how could they be happiness?Dukkhasambhūtā, bhikkhave, rūpā kuto sukhā bhavissanti.

Sounds …Saddā …

Smells …gandhā …

Tastes …rasā …

Touches …phoṭṭhabbā …

Ideas are suffering.dhammā dukkhā. The cause and reason that gives rise to ideas is also suffering.Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo dhammānaṁ uppādāya, sopi dukkho. Since ideas are produced by what is suffering, how could they be happiness?Dukkhasambhūtā, bhikkhave, dhammā kuto sukhā bhavissanti.

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 35.141 Interior and Cause Are Suffering 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.141 14. At Devadaha Interior and Cause Are Suffering “Mendicants, the eye is suffering. The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also suffering. Since the eye is produced by what is sufferi…
  2. SN 35.143 Exterior and Cause Are Impermanent 0.66near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.143 14. At Devadaha Exterior and Cause Are Impermanent “Mendicants, sights are impermanent. The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also impermanent. Since sights are produced by what is im…
  3. SN 35.145 Exterior and Cause Are Not-Self 0.58near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.145 14. At Devadaha Exterior and Cause Are Not-Self “Mendicants, sights are not-self. The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also not-self. Since sights are produced by what is not-self, h…
  4. SN 22.19 Suffering With Its Cause 0.58near 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…
  5. SN 35.137 Liking Sights (2nd) 0.51near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.137 14. At Devadaha Liking Sights (2nd) “Mendicants, gods and humans like sights, they love them and enjoy them. But when sights perish, fade away, and cease, gods and humans live in suffering. … The…