Liable to Suffering

Dukkhadhammasutta

Liable to Suffering

Dukkhadhammasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: “Sir, they speak of having ‘suffering nature’. What is of a nature to suffer?”
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “‘dukkhadhammo, dukkhadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. Katamo nu kho, bhante, dukkhadhammo”ti?
EN
“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are of a nature to suffer. Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”
PL
“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, dukkhadhammo, vedanā dukkhadhammo, saññā dukkhadhammo, saṅkhārā dukkhadhammo, viññāṇaṁ dukkhadhammo. Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti. Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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