Sukhasutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.2

Linked Discourses 36.2

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Sukhasutta

Pleasure

“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā.

“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.

Katamā tisso?

What three?

Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—

Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.

imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vedanāti.

These are the three feelings.

Sukhaṁ vā yadi vā dukkhaṁ,

Whether it’s pleasant or painful,

adukkhamasukhaṁ saha;

as well as what’s neutral,

Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca,

whatever there is that is felt

yaṁ kiñci atthi veditaṁ.

internally and externally:

Etaṁ dukkhanti ñatvāna,

having known, ‘this is suffering,

mosadhammaṁ palokinaṁ;

deceptive, breaking apart’,

Phussa phussa vayaṁ passaṁ,

seeing feelings vanish with every contact,

evaṁ tattha virajjatī”ti.

that’s how they become free of desire for them.”

Dutiyaṁ.