Linked Discourses 22.29 3. The Burden Taking Pleasure (SN22.29)

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati.

“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in form, you take pleasure in suffering.

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Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.

If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say.

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Yo vedanaṁ abhinandati …

If you take pleasure in feeling …

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yo saññaṁ abhinandati …

perception …

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yo saṅkhāre abhinandati …

choices …

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yo viññāṇaṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati.

consciousness, you take pleasure in suffering.

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Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.

If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say.

1.9

Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati.

If you don’t take pleasure in form, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.

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Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘parimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.

If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.

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Yo vedanaṁ nābhinandati …

If you don’t take pleasure in feeling …

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yo saññaṁ nābhinandati …

perception …

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yo saṅkhāre nābhinandati …

choices …

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yo viññāṇaṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati.

consciousness, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.

1.15

Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘parimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmī”ti.

If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.”

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Aṭṭhamaṁ.