Linked Discourses 23.16 2. About Māra (2nd) Liable to Suffering (SN23.16)

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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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“‘dukkhadhammo, dukkhadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of having ‘suffering nature’.

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Katamo nu kho, bhante, dukkhadhammo”ti?

What is of a nature to suffer?”

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“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, dukkhadhammo, vedanā dukkhadhammo, saññā dukkhadhammo, saṅkhārā dukkhadhammo, viññāṇaṁ dukkhadhammo.

“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are of a nature to suffer.

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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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Chaṭṭhaṁ.