SN 22:142 · Stressful (Dukkha Sutta)
Near Sāvatthī. “Monks, whatever is stressful, you should abandon desire-passion there. And what is stressful?
“Form, monks, is stressful. You should abandon desire-passion there.
“Feeling is stressful. You should abandon desire-passion there.
“Perception is stressful. You should abandon desire-passion there.
“Fabrications are stressful. You should abandon desire-passion there.
“Consciousness is stressful. You should abandon desire-passion there.
“Monks, whatever is stressful, you should abandon desire-passion there.”
See also: SN 22:120–121
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
