Interior and Cause Are Suffering

Ajjhattadukkhahetusutta

Interior and Cause Are Suffering

Ajjhattadukkhahetusutta

EN
“Mendicants, the eye is suffering. The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also suffering. Since the eye is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness? The ear … nose … tongue … body …
PL
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ. Yopi hetu yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi dukkho. Dukkhasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto sukhaṁ bhavissati …pe… jivhā dukkhā.
EN
mind is suffering. The cause and reason that gives rise to the mind is also suffering.
PL
Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo jivhāya uppādāya, sopi dukkho. Dukkhasambhūtā, bhikkhave, jivhā kuto sukhā bhavissati …pe… mano dukkho. Yopi hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi dukkho.
EN
Since the mind is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness? Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”
PL
Dukkhasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto sukho bhavissati. Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti. Aṭṭhamaṁ.

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

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