Dukkhasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 155

[155] "And what, bhikkhus, is the passing away (atthaṅgama) of suffering (dukkha)? Dependent on the eye and forms, eye-consciousness arises; the meeting of the three is contact (phassa); with contact as condition, feeling (vedanā); with feeling as condition, craving (taṇhā). With the remainderless fading away and cessation of that very craving comes the cessation of clinging (upādāna); with the cessation of clinging, the cessation of existence (bhava); with the cessation of existence, the cessation of birth (jāti); with the cessation of birth, aging and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair cease. Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering. This is the passing away of suffering. … Dependent on the tongue and tastes, tongue-consciousness arises; the meeting of the three is contact; with contact as condition, feeling; with feeling as condition, craving. With the remainderless fading away and cessation of that very craving comes the cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging … This is the passing away of suffering. … Dependent on the mind and dhammas, mind-consciousness arises; the meeting of the three is contact; with contact as condition, feeling; with feeling as condition, craving. With the remainderless fading away and cessation of that very craving comes the cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, the cessation of existence; with the cessation of existence, the cessation of birth; with the cessation of birth, aging and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair cease. Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering. This indeed, bhikkhus, is the passing away of suffering." The third [sutta].

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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