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Dukkarapañhāsutta

A Question About What’s Hard to Do

“Kiṁ nu kho, āvuso sāriputta, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkaran”ti?
“Reverend Sāriputta, in this teaching and training, what is hard to do?”

“Pabbajjā kho, āvuso, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkarā”ti.
“Going forth, reverend, is hard to do in this teaching and training.”

“Pabbajitena panāvuso, kiṁ dukkaran”ti?
“But what’s hard to do for someone who has gone forth?”

“Pabbajitena kho, āvuso, abhirati dukkarā”ti.
“When you’ve gone forth it’s hard to be satisfied.”

“Abhiratena panāvuso, kiṁ dukkaran”ti?
“But what’s hard to do for someone who is satisfied?”

“Abhiratena kho, āvuso, dhammānudhammappaṭipatti dukkarā”ti.
“When you’re satisfied, it’s hard to practice in line with the teaching.”

“Kīvaciraṁ panāvuso, dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhu arahaṁ assā”ti?
“But if a mendicant practices in line with the teaching, will it take them long to become a perfected one?”

“Naciraṁ, āvuso”ti.
“Not long, reverend.”

Soḷasamaṁ.

Jambukhādakasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.
The Linked Discourses with Jambukhādaka are complete.

Tassuddānaṁ

Nibbānaṁ arahattañca,

dhammavādī kimatthiyaṁ;

Assāso paramassāso,

vedanā āsavāvijjā;

Taṇhā oghā upādānaṁ,

bhavo dukkhañca sakkāyo.

Imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkaranti.