Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.171–173
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 35.171–173
17. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga
17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts
Dukkhachandādisutta
Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Interior
“Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.
“Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is suffering.
Kiñca, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ?
And what is suffering?
Cakkhu, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo …pe…
The eye, ear, nose,
jivhā dukkhā …pe…
tongue, body,
mano dukkho; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.
and mind are suffering …”
Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo”ti.