Tripiṭaka 2. Yamakavagga
2. Pairs
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“Yo, bhikkhave, cakkhuṁ abhinandati, dukkhaṁ so abhinandati.
“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in the eye, you take pleasure in suffering.
Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.
If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say.
Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.
Yo dukkhaṁ abhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.
If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say.
Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, cakkhuṁ nābhinandati, dukkhaṁ so nābhinandati.
If you don’t take pleasure in the eye, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.
Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘parimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.
If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.
Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘parimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.
Yo dukkhaṁ nābhinandati, ‘aparimutto so dukkhasmā’ti vadāmi.”
If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, you’re free from suffering, I say.”
Sattamaṁ.