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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 22.31 Linked Discourses 22.31
3. BhÄravagga 3. The Burden
Aghamūlasutta The Root of Misery
SÄvatthinidÄnaį¹. At SÄvatthÄ«.
āAghaƱca, bhikkhave, desessÄmi aghamÅ«laƱca. āMendicants, I will teach you misery and the root of misery.
Taį¹ suį¹Ätha. Listen ā¦
KatamaƱca, bhikkhave, aghaį¹? And what is misery?
RÅ«paį¹, bhikkhave, aghaį¹, vedanÄ aghaį¹, saĆ±Ć±Ä aghaį¹, saį¹
khÄrÄ aghaį¹, viƱƱÄį¹aį¹ aghaį¹. Form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are misery.
Idaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, aghaį¹. This is called misery.
KatamaƱca, bhikkhave, aghamÅ«laį¹? And what is the root of misery?
YÄyaį¹ taį¹hÄ ponobhavikÄ nandÄ«rÄgasahagatÄ tatratatrÄbhinandinÄ«; Itās the craving that leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure wherever it lands. That is,
Seyyathidaį¹ākÄmataį¹hÄ, bhavataį¹hÄ, vibhavataį¹hÄ. craving for sensual pleasures, craving to continue existence, and craving to end existence.
Idaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, aghamÅ«lanāti. This is called the root of misery.ā
Dasamaį¹.