sn.22.29 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Taking Pleasure

At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in form, you take pleasure in suffering.
If you take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re not exempt from suffering.
If you take pleasure in feeling …
perception …
choices …
consciousness, you take pleasure in suffering.
If you take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re not exempt from suffering.
If you don’t take pleasure in form, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.
If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re exempt from suffering.
If you don’t take pleasure in feeling …
perception …
choices …
consciousness, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.
If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re exempt from suffering.”