- Linked Discourses 35.19Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.19
- 2. Pairs2. Yamakavagga
Taking Pleasure (Interior)Paṭhamābhinandasutta
“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in the eye, you take pleasure in suffering.“Yo, bhikkhave, cakkhuṁ 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 the ear …Yo sotaṁ …pe… nose …yo ghānaṁ …pe… tongue …yo jivhaṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati. body …Yo kāyaṁ …pe… mind, you take pleasure in suffering.yo manaṁ 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 the eye, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, cakkhuṁ 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 the ear …Yo sotaṁ …pe… nose …yo ghānaṁ …pe… tongue …yo jivhaṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati. body …Yo kāyaṁ …pe… mind, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.yo manaṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati. If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.”Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.”