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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Linked Discourses

Vol 1:
Verses
SN1-11
Vol 2:
Causation
SN12-21
Vol 3:
Aggregates
SN22-34
Vol 4:
Sense Bases
SN35-44
Vol 5:
Great Book
SN45-56

35. Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta: On the Six Sense Fields

II. Pairs — SN35.20: Taking Pleasure (Exterior)

1“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in sights, you take pleasure in suffering. If you take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re not exempt from suffering. …”

1"Yo, bhikkhave, rūpe abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati. Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, aparimutto so dukkhasmāti vadāmi. Yo sadde … pe … gandhe … rase … phoṭṭhabbe … dhamme abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati. Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, aparimutto so dukkhasmā"ti vadāmi.

2"Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpe nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati. Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, parimutto so dukkhasmā"ti vadāmi. Yo sadde … pe … gandhe … rase … phoṭṭhabbe … dhamme nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati. Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, parimutto so dukkhasmā"ti vadāmi.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.