sn.35.19 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Delight (1)

“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.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Taking Pleasure (Interior)

“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in the eye, you take pleasure in suffering.
If you take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re not exempt from suffering.
If you take pleasure in the ear …
nose …
tongue …

body …
mind, 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 the eye, 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 the ear …
nose …
tongue …

body …
mind, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.
If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re exempt from suffering.”