{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an10.66/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an10.66","id":"suttacentral_an10.66","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.66/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, in this teaching and training, what is happiness and what is suffering?\u201d \u201cReverend, in this teaching and training dissatisfaction is suffering and satisfaction is happiness. When you\u2019re dissatisfied, you can expect this kind of suffering. You find no happiness or pleasure while walking \u2026 standing \u2026 sitting \u2026 or lying down \u2026 or when in a village \u2026 a wilderness \u2026 at the root of a tree \u2026 an empty hut \u2026 the open air \u2026 or when among the mendicants. When you\u2019re dissatisfied, this is the kind of suffering you can expect. When you\u2019re satisfied, you can expect this kind of happiness. You find happiness or pleasure while walking \u2026 standing \u2026 sitting \u2026 or lying down \u2026 or when in a village \u2026 a wilderness \u2026 at the root of a tree \u2026 an empty hut \u2026 the open air \u2026 or when among the mendicants. When you\u2019re satisfied, this is the kind of happiness you can expect.\u201d","title":"Happiness (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":213}