Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN22: Connected Discourses on the Aggregates

SN22:148 Contemplating Suffering

1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, for a clansman who has gone forth out of faith, this is what accords with the Dhamma: he should dwell contemplating suffering in form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness.

One who dwells contemplating suffering in form … towards consciousness, fully understands form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness.

One who fully understands form … consciousness is freed from form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness.

He is freed from birth, aging, and death; freed from sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair; freed from suffering, I say."

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Saddhāpabbajitassa, bhikkhave, kulaputtassa ayamanudhammo hoti – yaṁ rūpe dukkhānupassī vihareyya. Vedanāya … saññāya … saṅkhāresu … viññāṇe dukkhānupassī vihareyya … pe … ‘parimuccati dukkhasmā’ti vadāmī"ti.


Terasamaṁ.

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