{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.65/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.65","id":"suttacentral_an10.65","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.65/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time Venerable S\u0101riputta was staying in the land of the Magadhans near the little village of N\u0101laka. Then the wanderer S\u0101ma\u1e47\u1e0dak\u0101ni went up to Venerable S\u0101riputta and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, S\u0101ma\u1e47\u1e0dak\u0101ni sat down to one side, and said to S\u0101riputta: \u201cReverend S\u0101riputta, what is happiness and what is suffering?\u201d \u201cRebirth is suffering, reverend, no rebirth is happiness. When there is rebirth, you can expect this kind of suffering. Cold, heat, hunger, thirst, defecation, and urination. Contact with fire, clubs, and knives. And relatives and friends get together and annoy you. When there is rebirth, this is the kind of suffering you can expect. When there is no rebirth, you can expect this kind of happiness. No cold, heat, hunger, thirst, defecation, or urination. No contact with fire, clubs, or knives. And relatives and friends don\u2019t get together and annoy you. When there is no rebirth, this is the kind of happiness you can expect.\u201d","title":"Happiness (1st)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":165}