35. Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta: On the Six Sense Fields
XVII. Sixty Abbreviated Texts — SN35.180-182: Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Exterior
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“Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is suffering. And what is suffering?
Sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and thoughts are suffering …”
"Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Kiñca, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ?
Rūpā, bhikkhave, dukkhā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Saddā … gandhā … rasā … phoṭṭhabbā … dhammā dukkhā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Yaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo"ti.