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SN 23.16

Liable to Suffering

Dukkhadhammasutta

from: 2. About Māra (2nd)

Liable to Suffering

At Sāvatthī.

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

“Sir, they speak of having ‘suffering nature’. What is of a nature to suffer?”

“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are of a nature to suffer.

Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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