Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.66 — 7. Yamakavagga — Dutiyasukhasutta

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.66
Numbered Discourses 10.66
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7. Yamakavagga
7. Pairs
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Dutiyasukhasutta
Happiness (2nd)
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Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto magadhesu viharati nālakagāmake.
At one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying in the land of the Magadhans near the little village of Nālaka.
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Atha kho sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sāriputtena saddhiṁ sammodi.
Then the wanderer Sāmaṇḍakāni went up to Venerable Sāriputta and exchanged greetings with him.
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Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho sāmaṇḍakāni paribbājako āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:
When the greetings and polite conversation were over, Sāmaṇḍakāni sat down to one side and said to Sāriputta:
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“Kiṁ nu kho, āvuso, sāriputta, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye sukhaṁ, kiṁ dukkhan”ti?
“Reverend Sāriputta, in this teaching and training, what is happiness and what is suffering?”
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“Anabhirati kho, āvuso, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkhā, abhirati sukhā.
“Reverend, in this teaching and training dissatisfaction is suffering and satisfaction is happiness.
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Anabhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ dukkhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—
When you’re dissatisfied, you can expect this kind of suffering.
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gacchantopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ nādhigacchati,
You find no happiness or pleasure while walking …
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ṭhitopi …
standing …
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nisinnopi …
sitting …
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sayānopi …
or lying down …
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gāmagatopi …
or when in a village …
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araññagatopi …
a wilderness …
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rukkhamūlagatopi …
at the root of a tree …
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suññāgāragatopi …
an empty hut …
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abbhokāsagatopi …
the open air …
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bhikkhumajjhagatopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ nādhigacchati.
or when among the mendicants.
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Anabhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ dukkhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ.
When you’re dissatisfied, this is the kind of suffering you can expect.
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Abhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ sukhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—
When you’re satisfied, you can expect this kind of happiness.
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gacchantopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ adhigacchati,
You find happiness or pleasure while walking …
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ṭhitopi …
standing …
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nisinnopi …
sitting …
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sayānopi …
or lying down …
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gāmagatopi …
or when in a village …
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araññagatopi …
a wilderness …
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rukkhamūlagatopi …
at the root of a tree …
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suññāgāragatopi …
an empty hut …
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abbhokāsagatopi …
the open air …
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bhikkhumajjhagatopi sukhaṁ sātaṁ adhigacchati.
or when among the mendicants.
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Abhiratiyā, āvuso, sati idaṁ sukhaṁ pāṭikaṅkhan”ti.
When you’re satisfied, this is the kind of happiness you can expect.”
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Chaṭṭhaṁ.

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