AN 10.66 Happiness (2nd) – Dutiyasukhasutta

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AN 10.66 Happiness (2nd) – Dutiyasukhasutta

Numbered Discourses 10.66 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.66

7. Pairs – 7. Yamakavagga

AN 10.66 Happiness (2nd) – Dutiyasukhasutta

 

1.1

At one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying in the land of the Magadhans near the little village of Nālaka.

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto magadhesu viharati nālakagāmake.

1.2

Then the wanderer Sāmaṇḍakāni went up to Venerable Sāriputta and exchanged greetings with him.

Atha kho sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sāriputtena saddhiṁ sammodi.

1.3

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, Sāmaṇḍakāni sat down to one side and said to Sāriputta:

Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:

2.1

“Reverend Sāriputta, in this teaching and training, what is happiness and what is suffering?”

“Kiṁ nu kho, āvuso, sāriputta, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye sukhaṁ, kiṁ dukkhan”ti?

2.2

“Reverend, in this teaching and training dissatisfaction is suffering and satisfaction is happiness.

“Anabhirati kho, āvuso, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkhā, abhirati sukhā.

2.3

When you’re dissatisfied, you can expect this kind of suffering.

Anabhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ dukkhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—

2.4

You find no happiness or pleasure while walking …

gacchantopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ nādhigacchati,

2.5

standing …

ṭhitopi …

2.6

sitting …

nisinnopi …

2.7

or lying down …

sayānopi …

2.8

or when in a village …

gāmagatopi …

2.9

a wilderness …

araññagatopi …

2.10

at the root of a tree …

rukkhamūlagatopi …

2.11

an empty hut …

suññāgāragatopi …

2.12

the open air …

abbhokāsagatopi …

2.13

or when among the bhikkhū.

bhikkhumajjhagatopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ nādhigacchati.

2.14

When you’re dissatisfied, this is the kind of suffering you can expect.

Anabhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ dukkhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ.

3.1

When you’re satisfied, you can expect this kind of happiness.

Abhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ sukhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—

3.2

You find happiness or pleasure while walking …

gacchantopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ adhigacchati,

3.3

standing …

ṭhitopi …

3.4

sitting …

nisinnopi …

3.5

or lying down …

sayānopi …

3.6

or when in a village …

gāmagatopi …

3.7

a wilderness …

araññagatopi …

3.8

at the root of a tree …

rukkhamūlagatopi …

3.9

an empty hut …

suññāgāragatopi …

3.10

the open air …

abbhokāsagatopi …

3.11

or when among the bhikkhū.

bhikkhumajjhagatopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ adhigacchati.

3.12

When you’re satisfied, this is the kind of happiness you can expect.”

Abhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ sukhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhan”ti.

3.13

Chaṭṭhaṁ.