{"id":"sn12.43","title":"Suffering","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn12.43","title":"Suffering","units":[{"id":"sn12.43:0","sourceIds":["sn12.43:0.1","sn12.43:0.2","sn12.43:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.43\n5. Gahapativagga\nDukkhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 12.43\n5. Householders\nSuffering"}},{"id":"sn12.43:1","sourceIds":["sn12.43:1.1","sn12.43:1.2","sn12.43:1.3","sn12.43:1.4","sn12.43:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Dukkhassa, bhikkhave, samudayañca atthaṅgamañca desessāmi.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, I will teach you the origin and disappearance of suffering.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"sn12.43:2","sourceIds":["sn12.43:2.1","sn12.43:2.2","sn12.43:2.3","sn12.43:2.4","sn12.43:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhassa samudayo?\nCakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.\nPhassapaccayā vedanā;\nvedanāpaccayā taṇhā.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dukkhassa samudayo.","en":"“And what, mendicants, is the origin of suffering?\nEye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.\nContact is a requirement for feeling.\nFeeling is a requirement for craving. …\nThis is the origin of suffering."}},{"id":"sn12.43:3","sourceIds":["sn12.43:3.1","sn12.43:3.2","sn12.43:3.3","sn12.43:3.4","sn12.43:3.5","sn12.43:3.6","sn12.43:3.7","sn12.43:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca uppajjati sotaviññāṇaṁ …pe…\nghānañca paṭicca gandhe ca …pe…\njivhañca paṭicca rase ca …pe…\nkāyañca paṭicca phoṭṭhabbe ca …pe…\nmanañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.\nPhassapaccayā vedanā;\nvedanāpaccayā taṇhā.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dukkhassa samudayo.","en":"Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …\nNose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …\nTongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …\nBody consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …\nMind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.\nContact is a requirement for feeling.\nFeeling is a requirement for craving. …\nThis is the origin of suffering."}},{"id":"sn12.43:4","sourceIds":["sn12.43:4.1","sn12.43:4.2","sn12.43:4.3","sn12.43:4.4","sn12.43:4.5","sn12.43:4.6","sn12.43:4.7","sn12.43:4.8","sn12.43:4.9","sn12.43:4.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhassa atthaṅgamo?\nCakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.\nPhassapaccayā vedanā;\nvedanāpaccayā taṇhā.\nTassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodhā upādānanirodho;\nupādānanirodhā bhavanirodho;\nbhavanirodhā jātinirodho;\njātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dukkhassa atthaṅgamo.","en":"And what is the disappearance of suffering?\nEye consciousness arises dependent on the eye and sights. The meeting of the three is contact.\nContact is a requirement for feeling.\nFeeling is a requirement for craving.\nWhen that craving fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, grasping ceases.\nWhen grasping ceases, continued existence ceases.\nWhen continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases.\nWhen rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.\nThis is the disappearance of suffering."}},{"id":"sn12.43:5","sourceIds":["sn12.43:5.1","sn12.43:5.2","sn12.43:5.3","sn12.43:5.4","sn12.43:5.5","sn12.43:5.6","sn12.43:5.7","sn12.43:5.8","sn12.43:5.9","sn12.43:5.10","sn12.43:5.11","sn12.43:5.12","sn12.43:5.13","sn12.43:5.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca uppajjati sotaviññāṇaṁ …pe…\nghānañca paṭicca gandhe ca …pe…\njivhañca paṭicca rase ca …pe…\nkāyañca paṭicca phoṭṭhabbe ca …pe…\nmanañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ. Tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.\nPhassapaccayā vedanā;\nvedanāpaccayā taṇhā.\nTassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodhā upādānanirodho;\nupādānanirodhā bhavanirodho;\nbhavanirodhā jātinirodho;\njātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.\nAyaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dukkhassa atthaṅgamo”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"Ear consciousness arises dependent on the ear and sounds. …\nNose consciousness arises dependent on the nose and smells. …\nTongue consciousness arises dependent on the tongue and tastes. …\nBody consciousness arises dependent on the body and touches. …\nMind consciousness arises dependent on the mind and ideas. The meeting of the three is contact.\nContact is a requirement for feeling.\nFeeling is a requirement for craving.\nWhen that craving fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, grasping ceases.\nWhen grasping ceases, continued existence ceases.\nWhen continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases.\nWhen rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.\nThis is the disappearance of suffering.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.43/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}