Dukkhadhammasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 332

[332] Bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu understands as it really is (yathābhūta) the origin (samudaya) and passing away (atthaṅgama) of all states that entail suffering (dukkhadhammā), then sensual pleasures have been seen by him in such a way that, as he looks upon sensual pleasures, the sensual desire (kāmacchanda) for sensual pleasures, the affection for sensual pleasures, the infatuation with sensual pleasures, and the fever for sensual pleasures do not lie latent within him. And his conduct and his dwelling have been pursued (anubandha) in such a way that, as he conducts himself and dwells thus, covetousness and grief (abhijjhā-domanassa), evil unwholesome states, do not flow in upon him. And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu understand as it really is the origin and passing away of all states that entail suffering? "Such is form (rūpa), such the origin of form, such the passing away of form; such is feeling (vedanā) …; such is perception (saññā); such are volitional formations (saṅkhārā); such is consciousness (viññāṇa), such the origin of consciousness, such the passing away of consciousness." It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a bhikkhu understands as it really is the origin and passing away of all states that entail suffering.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.