Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ I: Mūla-Paññāsa
2. Yamaka Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Root Fifty
2. The Pairs
Suttas 19-20
Abhinanda Suttaɱ 1-2
Delight 1-2
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Sutta 19
Abhinanda Suttaɱ 1
Delight 1
[1][pts][than] "Bhikkhus, one who seeks delight in the eye seeks delight in suffering.
One who seeks delight in suffering, I say, is not freed from suffering.
One who seeks delight in the ear ... in the nose ... in the tongue ... in the body ... in the mind seeks delight in suffering.
One who seeks delight in suffering, I say, is not freed from suffering.
"One who does not seek delight in the eye ... in the mind does not seek delight in suffering.
One who does not seek delight in suffering, I say, is freed from suffering."
Sutta 20
Abhinanda Suttaɱ 2
Delight (2)
(The same is repeated for the six external sense bases.)
