Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
8. Khajjaniya Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and other Subjects
22. Kindred Sayings on Elements
8. On what Must be Devoured
Sutta 73
Assāda Suttaṃ
Satisfction
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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The Exalted One was staying at Sāvatthī
In jeta Grove,
at Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the Exalted One said:
"Brethren, the untaught many-folk understand not
as they really are
the satisfaction of body,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.
They understand not
the satisfaction of feeling,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.
They understand not
the satisfaction of perception,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.
They understand not
the satisfaction of the activities,
the misery of them,
the escape from them.
They understand not
the satisfaction of consciousness,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.
§
But the well-taught Ariyan disciple
does understand as they really are
the satisfaction of body,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.
Does understand
the satisfaction of feeling,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.
Does understand
the satisfaction of perception,
the misery of it,
the escape from it.
Does understand
the satisfaction of the activities,
the misery of them,
the escape from them.
Does understand
the satisfaction of consciousness,
the misery of it,
the escape from it."
