Linked Discourses 23.15 2. About Māra (2nd) Suffering (SN23.15)

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

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“‘dukkhaṁ, dukkhan’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of ‘suffering’.

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Katamaṁ nu kho, bhante, dukkhan”ti?

What is suffering?”

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“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, dukkhaṁ, vedanā dukkhā, saññā dukkhā, saṅkhārā dukkhā, viññāṇaṁ dukkhaṁ.

“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are suffering.

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Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

Seeing this …

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nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

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Pañcamaṁ.