[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [坐禪三昧經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt) › 2.21 # 坐禪三昧經 2.21 English (machine translation) 2.21 - **Language:** English ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.21) Someone may ask: "External objects are pleasure; causes and conditions are not necessarily pleasure, being sometimes causes of pleasure and sometimes causes of suffering. If mental dharmas are associated with craving, then there is pleasure; when associated with anger, then there is suffering; when associated with delusion, there is neither suffering nor pleasure. Deducing from this, one can know whether there is pleasure or no pleasure." - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.22) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [坐禪三昧經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.21) · Pramāṇa