1On one occasion the Venerable Sāriputta was dwelling among the Magadhans at Nālakagāmaka. Then the wanderer Sāmaṇḍakāni approached the Venerable Sāriputta and exchanged greetings with him. When they had concluded their greetings and cordial talk, he sat down to one side and said to the Venerable Sāriputta:

2"Friend Sāriputta, what is happiness in this Dhamma and discipline, and what is suffering?"

"Dissatisfaction, friend, is suffering in this Dhamma and discipline. Enjoyment is happiness. When there is dissatisfaction, this suffering is to be expected. (1) When walking, one does not find happiness or comfort. (2) When standing still … (3) When sitting … (4) When lying down … (5) When in the village … (6) When in the forest … (7) When at the foot of a tree … (8) When in an empty hut … (9) When in the open air … (10) When amid the bhikkhus, one does not find happiness or comfort. When there is dissatisfaction, this suffering is to be expected.

3"When there is enjoyment, this happiness is to be expected. (1) When walking, one finds happiness and comfort. (2) When standing still … (3) When sitting … (4) When lying down … (5) When in the village … (6) When in the forest … (7) When at the foot of a tree … (8) When in an empty hut … (9) When in the open air … (10) When amid the bhikkhus, one finds happiness or comfort. When there is enjoyment, this happiness is to be expected."

1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto magadhesu viharati nālakagāmake. Atha kho sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sāriputtena saddhiṁ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:

2"Kiṁ nu kho, āvuso, sāriputta, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye sukhaṁ, kiṁ dukkhan"ti?

"Anabhirati kho, āvuso, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkhā, abhirati sukhā. Anabhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ dukkhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ – gacchantopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ nādhigacchati, ṭhitopi … nisinnopi … sayānopi … gāmagatopi … araññagatopi … rukkhamūlagatopi … suññāgāragatopi … abbhokāsagatopi … bhikkhumajjhagatopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ nādhigacchati. Anabhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ dukkhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ.

3Abhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ sukhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ – gacchantopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ adhigacchati, ṭhitopi … nisinnopi … sayānopi … gāmagatopi … araññagatopi … rukkhamūlagatopi … suññāgāragatopi … abbhokāsagatopi … bhikkhumajjhagatopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ adhigacchati. Abhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ sukhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhan"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.