sn.35.137 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Delight in Forms (2)

Identical with the preceding sutta, but without the verses.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Liking Sights (2nd)

“Mendicants, gods and humans like sights, they love them and enjoy them.
But when sights perish, fade away, and cease, gods and humans live in suffering. …






The Realized One has truly understood the origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape of sights, so he doesn’t like, love, or enjoy them.
When sights perish, fade away, and cease, the Realized One lives happily. …”