Saṁyutta Nikāya:
III. Khandha Vagga:
22: Khandha Saṁyutta
2.3. Khajjaniya Vagga

III: The Book Called The Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings
on the Elements of Sensory Existence
and Other Subjects
XXII: Kindred Sayings on Elements (Khandhā)

2.3: On what Must be Devoured

Sutta 73

Assādo Suttaṁ

Satisfaction

 

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Thus have I heard:—

The Exalted One was staying at Sāvatthī
In Jeta Grove,
at Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

Then the Exalted One said:

"Brethren, the untaught many-folk understand not
as they really are
the satisfaction of body,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.

They understand not
the satisfaction of feeling,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.

They understand not
the satisfaction of perception,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.

They understand not
the satisfaction of the activities,
the misery of them,
the escape from them.

They understand not
the satisfaction of consciousness,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.

 

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But the well-taught Ariyan disciple
does understand as they really are
the satisfaction of body,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.

Does understand
the satisfaction of feeling,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.

Does understand
the satisfaction of perception,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.

Does understand
the satisfaction of the activities,
the misery of them,
the escape from them.

Does understand
the satisfaction of consciousness,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.