Upādāyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 153

[153] "Bhikkhus, when what exists, dependent on what, do pleasure and pain (sukhadukkha) arise internally?" "Venerable sir, our teachings (dhammā) are rooted in the Blessed One." "Bhikkhus, when there is the eye, dependent on the eye pleasure and pain arise internally … when there is the tongue, dependent on the tongue pleasure and pain arise internally … when there is the mind, dependent on the mind pleasure and pain arise internally. "What do you think, bhikkhus — is the eye permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent — is it suffering (dukkha) or happiness?" "Suffering, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change — could pleasure and pain arise internally without dependence on it?" "Certainly not, venerable sir." … "Is the tongue permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent — is it suffering or happiness?" "Suffering, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change — could pleasure and pain arise internally without dependence on it?" "Certainly not, venerable sir." … "Is the mind permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent — is it suffering or happiness?" "Suffering, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change — could pleasure and pain arise internally without dependence on it?" "Certainly not, venerable sir." "Seeing thus, bhikkhus, the instructed noble disciple becomes disenchanted with the eye … becomes disenchanted with the tongue, becomes disenchanted with the mind. Being disenchanted, he becomes dispassionate; through dispassion he is liberated. When liberated, there is the knowledge (ñāṇa): 'Liberated.' He understands: 'Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more of this state of being.'" The second.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.