Tatiyaassadasutta 1.1-17

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṃ.

At Sāvatthī.

1.2

“No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, rūpassa assādo abhavissa nayidaṃ sattā rūpasmiṃ sārajjeyyuṃ.

“Mendicants, if there were no gratification in form, sentient beings wouldn’t be aroused by it.

1.3

Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpassa assādo, tasmā sattā rūpasmiṃ sārajjanti.

But since there is gratification in form, sentient beings are aroused by it.

1.4

No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, rūpassa ādīnavo abhavissa nayidaṃ sattā rūpasmiṃ nibbindeyyuṃ.

If form had no drawback, sentient beings wouldn’t grow disillusioned with it.

1.5

Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpassa ādīnavo, tasmā sattā rūpasmiṃ nibbindanti.

But since form has a drawback, sentient beings do grow disillusioned with it.

1.6

No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, rūpassa nissaraṇaṃ abhavissa nayidaṃ sattā rūpasmā nissareyyuṃ.

If there were no escape from form, sentient beings wouldn’t escape from it.

1.7

Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpassa nissaraṇaṃ, tasmā sattā rūpasmā nissaranti.

But since there is an escape from form, sentient beings do escape from it.

1.8

No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, vedanāya …pe…

If there were no gratification in feeling …

1.9

no cedaṃ, bhikkhave, saññāya …

perception …

1.10

no cedaṃ, bhikkhave, saṅkhārānaṃ nissaraṇaṃ abhavissa, nayidaṃ sattā saṅkhārehi nissareyyuṃ.

choices …

1.11

Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi saṅkhārānaṃ nissaraṇaṃ, tasmā sattā saṅkhārehi nissaranti.

1.12

No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, viññāṇassa assādo abhavissa, nayidaṃ sattā viññāṇasmiṃ sārajjeyyuṃ.

consciousness, sentient beings wouldn’t be aroused by it.

1.13

Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi viññāṇassa assādo, tasmā sattā viññāṇasmiṃ sārajjanti.

But since there is gratification in consciousness, sentient beings are aroused by it.

1.14

No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, viññāṇassa ādīnavo abhavissa, nayidaṃ sattā viññāṇasmiṃ nibbindeyyuṃ.

If consciousness had no drawback, sentient beings wouldn’t grow disillusioned with it.

1.15

Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi viññāṇassa ādīnavo, tasmā sattā viññāṇasmiṃ nibbindanti.

But since consciousness has a drawback, sentient beings do grow disillusioned with it.

1.16

No cedaṃ, bhikkhave, viññāṇassa nissaraṇaṃ abhavissa, nayidaṃ sattā viññāṇasmā nissareyyuṃ.

If there were no escape from consciousness, sentient beings wouldn’t escape from it.

1.17

Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi viññāṇassa nissaraṇaṃ, tasmā sattā viññāṇasmā nissaranti.

But since there is an escape from consciousness, sentient beings do escape from it.