Suffering With Its Cause

Sahetudukkhasutta

Suffering With Its Cause

Sahetudukkhasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, form is suffering. The cause and reason that gives rise to form is also suffering. Since form is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ. Yopi hetu yopi paccayo rūpassa uppādāya, sopi dukkho. Dukkhasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ kuto sukhaṁ bhavissati.
EN
Feeling is suffering … Perception is suffering … Choices are suffering … Consciousness is suffering.
PL
Vedanā dukkhā … saññā dukkhā … saṅkhārā dukkhā … viññāṇaṁ dukkhaṁ.
EN
The cause and reason that gives rise to consciousness is also suffering. Since consciousness is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness? Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”
PL
Yopi hetu yopi paccayo viññāṇassa uppādāya, sopi dukkho. Dukkhasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, viññāṇaṁ kuto sukhaṁ bhavissati. Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.
PL
Aṭṭhamaṁ.

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

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