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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases: SN35:152 For What Purpose the Holy Life?

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1 "Sace vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:  ‘kimatthiyaṃ, āvuso, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṃ vussatī’ti? Evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyātha:  ‘dukkhassa kho, āvuso, pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussatī’ti. Sace pana vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:  ‘katamaṃ panāvuso, dukkhaṃ, yassa pariññāya samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṃ vussatī’ti? Evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyātha: 

2 ‘Cakkhu kho, āvuso, dukkhaṃ; tassa pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussati. Rūpā dukkhā; tesaṃ pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussati. Cakkhuviññāṇaṃ dukkhaṃ; tassa pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussati. Cakkhusamphasso dukkho; tassa pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussati. Yampidaṃ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṃ sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā tampi dukkhaṃ; tassa pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussati … pe … jivhā dukkhā … mano dukkho; tassa pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussati … yampidaṃ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṃ sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā tampi dukkhaṃ; tassa pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussati. Idaṃ kho, āvuso, dukkhaṃ; yassa pariññāya bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussatī’ti. Evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyāthā"ti.

Sattamaṃ.