SN22:148 Contemplating Suffering
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
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, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness, fully understands form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness.
One who fully understands form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and 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.
