[225] "Bhikkhus, forms are suffering (dukkha). Whatever cause and whatever condition there is for the arising of forms, that too is suffering. Bhikkhus, forms having originated from what is suffering — how could they be happiness? Sounds, odours, tastes, tangibles, and mental phenomena (dhammā) are suffering. Whatever cause and whatever condition there is for the arising of mental phenomena, that too is suffering. Bhikkhus, mental phenomena having originated from what is suffering — how could they be happiness?
Seeing thus … he understands: '… there is no more of this state of being.'"
The Ninth.
[Editorial footnote in the Pali source: ¹ Yu: everywhere reads "cakkhuṃ" ("the eye").]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.