Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ I: Mūla-Paññāsa
2. Yamaka Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
35. Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense
§ I: The First Fifty Suttas
2. The Second Chapter on the Pairs
Sutta 19
Paṭhama Abhinanda Suttaṃ
By Taking Delight In (i)
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1][bodh][than] Thus have I heard:
The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī, at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren."
"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"Whoso, Brethren, takes delight in the eye,
takes delight in ill.
Whoso takes delight in ill,
is not released from ill,
I declare.
■
"Whoso, Brethren, takes delight in the ear,
takes delight in ill.
Whoso takes delight in ill,
is not released from ill,
I declare.
■
"Whoso, Brethren, takes delight in the nose,
takes delight in ill.
Whoso takes delight in ill,
is not released from ill,
I declare.
■
"Whoso, Brethren, takes delight in the tongue,
takes delight in ill.
Whoso takes delight in ill,
is not released from ill,
I declare.
■
"Whoso, Brethren, takes delight in the body,
takes delight in ill.
Whoso takes delight in ill,
is not released from ill,
I declare.
■
"Whoso, Brethren, takes delight in the mind,
takes delight in ill.
Whoso takes delight in ill,
is not released from ill,
I declare.
§
But whoso takes not delight in the eye,
takes no delight in ill.
Whoso takes no delight in ill,
is released from ill,
I declare.
■
But whoso takes not delight in the ear,
takes no delight in ill.
Whoso takes no delight in ill,
is released from ill,
I declare.
■
But whoso takes not delight in the nose,
takes no delight in ill.
Whoso takes no delight in ill,
is released from ill,
I declare.
■
But whoso takes not delight in the tongue,
takes no delight in ill.
Whoso takes no delight in ill,
is released from ill,
I declare.
■
But whoso takes not delight in the body,
takes no delight in ill.
Whoso takes no delight in ill,
is released from ill,
I declare.
■
But whoso takes not delight in the mind,
takes no delight in ill.
Whoso takes no delight in ill,
is released from ill,
I declare."
