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Ajjhattadukkhahetusutta

Interior and Cause Are Suffering

“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.
“Mendicants, the eye is suffering.

Yopi hetu yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi dukkho.
The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also suffering.

Dukkhasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto sukhaṁ bhavissati …pe…
Since the eye is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?

jivhā dukkhā.
The ear … nose … tongue … body …

Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo jivhāya uppādāya, sopi dukkho.

Dukkhasambhūtā, bhikkhave, jivhā kuto sukhā bhavissati …pe…

mano dukkho.
mind is suffering.

Yopi hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi dukkho.
The cause and reason that gives rise to the mind is also suffering.

Dukkhasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto sukho bhavissati.
Since the mind is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?

Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
Seeing this …

nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

Aṭṭhamaṁ.