35. Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta: On the Six Sense Fields
XVII. Sixty Abbreviated Texts — SN35.171-173: Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Interior
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“Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is suffering. And what is suffering?
The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are suffering …”
"Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Kiñca, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ?
Cakkhu, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo … pe … jivhā dukkhā … pe … mano dukkho; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo"ti.