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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN14: Connected Discourses on Elements

SN14:35 Delight

1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, one who seeks delight in the earth element seeks delight in suffering. One who seeks delight in suffering, I say, is not freed from suffering. One who seeks delight in the water element … in the heat element … in the air element seeks delight in suffering. One who seeks delight in suffering, I say, is not freed from suffering. sn.ii.175

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Yo, bhikkhave, pathavīdhātuṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati. Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, aparimutto so dukkhasmāti vadāmi. Yo āpodhātuṁ abhinandati … pe … yo tejodhātuṁ … yo vāyodhātuṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati. Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, aparimutto so dukkhasmāti vadāmi.

2"One who does not seek delight in the earth element … in the air element does not seek delight in suffering. One who does not seek delight in suffering, I say, is freed from suffering."

2Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, pathavīdhātuṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati. Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, parimutto so dukkhasmāti vadāmi. Yo āpodhātuṁ … pe … yo tejodhātuṁ … yo vāyodhātuṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati. Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, parimutto so dukkhasmāti vadāmī"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.