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Linked Discourses · SN 35.19

  • 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.”

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.20 Taking Pleasure (Exterior) 0.73near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.20 2. Pairs Taking Pleasure (Exterior) “Mendicants, if you take pleasure in sights, you take pleasure in suffering. If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say. …”…
  2. SN 14.35 Taking Pleasure 0.62near 0.1Linked Discourses 14.35 4. Chapter Four Taking Pleasure At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, if you take pleasure in the earth element, you take pleasure in suffering. If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from sufferi…
  3. SN 22.29 Taking Pleasure 0.58near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.29 3. The Burden Taking Pleasure At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, if you take pleasure in form, you take pleasure in suffering. If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say. If y…