Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.104
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 22.104
11. Antavagga
11. Sides
Dukkhasutta
Suffering
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Dukkhañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi dukkhasamudayañca dukkhanirodhañca dukkhanirodhagāminiñca paṭipadaṁ.
“Mendicants, I will teach you suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.
Taṁ suṇātha.
Listen …
Katamañca, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ?
And what is suffering?
Pañcupādānakkhandhātissa vacanīyaṁ.
It should be said: the five grasping aggregates.
Katame pañca?
What five?
Seyyathidaṁ—rūpupādānakkhandho …pe… viññāṇupādānakkhandho.
That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.
Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.
This is called suffering.
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhasamudayo?
And what is the origin of suffering?
Yāyaṁ taṇhā ponobhavikā …pe… vibhavataṇhā—
It’s the craving that leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure wherever it lands. That is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving to continue existence, and craving to end existence.
ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhasamudayo.
This is called the origin of suffering.
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodho?
And what is the cessation of suffering?
Yo tassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodho cāgo paṭinissaggo mutti anālayo—
It’s the fading away and cessation of that very same craving with nothing left over; giving it away, letting it go, releasing it, and not clinging to it.
ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodho.
This is called the cessation of suffering.
Katamā ca, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā?
And what is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering?
Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo.
It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā”ti.
This is called the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.”
Dutiyaṁ.