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Linked Discourses 35.141 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.141
14. At Devadaha – 14. Devadahavagga
SN 35.141 Interior and Cause Are Suffering – Ajjhattadukkhahetusutta
“Bhikkhū, the eye is suffering.
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.
The cause and condition that gives rise to the eye is also suffering.
Yopi hetu yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi dukkho.
Since the eye is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?
Dukkhasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto sukhaṁ bhavissati …pe…
The ear … nose … tongue … body …
jivhā dukkhā.
Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo jivhāya uppādāya, sopi dukkho.
Dukkhasambhūtā, bhikkhave, jivhā kuto sukhā bhavissati …pe…
mind is suffering.
mano dukkho.
The cause and condition that gives rise to the mind is also suffering.
Yopi hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi dukkho.
Since the mind is produced by what is suffering, how could it be happiness?
Dukkhasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto sukho bhavissati.
Seeing this …
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”
nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.