雜阿含經 194: Delight in Suffering
The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) 194
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Delight in Suffering
194.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
194.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “If someone’s delight arises from the eye, then their delight arises from suffering. If someone’s delight arises from suffering, I say they are not liberated from suffering. If someone’s delight arises from the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, then their delight arises from suffering. If someone’s delight arises from suffering, I say they are not liberated from suffering.
194.p3
“Monks, if someone’s delight doesn’t arise from the eye, then their delight doesn’t arise from suffering. If someone’s delight doesn’t arise from suffering, I say they are liberated from suffering. If someone’s delight doesn’t arise from the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, then their delight doesn’t arise from suffering. If someone’s delight doesn’t arise from suffering, I say they are liberated from suffering.”
194.p4
After the Buddha spoke this sūtra, the monks who heard what the Buddha taught rejoiced and approved.
194.p5
This sūtra is part of the Dharma Pearls translation project.
194.p6
Prepared by Charles Patton for SuttaCentral.
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- 雜阿含經 — Classical Chinese