1"Venerable sir, it is said, ‘suffering, suffering.’ In what way, venerable sir, might there be suffering or the description of suffering?"

"Where there is the eye, Samiddhi, where there are forms, eye-consciousness, things to be cognized by eye-consciousness, there suffering exists or the description of suffering.

"Where there is the ear … there suffering exists or the description of suffering.

"Where there is the nose … there suffering exists or the description of suffering.

"Where there is the tongue … there suffering exists or the description of suffering.

"Where there is the body … there suffering exists or the description of suffering.

"Where there is the mind, where there are mental phenomena, mind-consciousness, things to be cognized by mind-consciousness, there suffering exists or the description of suffering.

"Where there is no eye, Samiddhi, no forms, no eye-consciousness, no things to be cognized by eye-consciousness, there suffering does not exist nor any description of suffering.

"Where there is no ear … there suffering does not exist nor any description of suffering.

"Where there is no nose … there suffering does not exist nor any description of suffering.

"Where there is no tongue … there suffering does not exist nor any description of suffering.

"Where there is no body … there suffering does not exist nor any description of suffering.

"Where there is no mind, no mental phenomena, no mind-consciousness, no things to be cognized by mind-consciousness, there suffering does not exist nor any description of suffering."

1"‘Dukkhaṁ, dukkhan’ti, bhante, vuccati. Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, dukkhaṁ vā assa dukkhapaññatti vā"ti … pe … .

Pañcamaṁ.