{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn14.34/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn14.34","id":"suttacentral_sn14.34","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn14.34/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, if the earth element were absolutely painful\u2014soaked and steeped in pain and not steeped in pleasure\u2014sentient beings wouldn\u2019t be aroused by it. But because the earth element is pleasurable\u2014soaked and steeped in pleasure and not steeped in pain\u2014sentient beings are aroused by it. If the water element \u2026 If the fire element \u2026 If the air element \u2026 If the earth element was absolutely pleasurable\u2014soaked and steeped in pleasure and not steeped in pain\u2014sentient beings wouldn\u2019t grow disillusioned with it. But because the earth element is painful\u2014soaked and steeped in pain and not steeped in pleasure\u2014sentient beings do grow disillusioned with it. If the water element \u2026 If the fire element \u2026 If the air element was absolutely pleasurable\u2014soaked and steeped in pleasure and not steeped in pain\u2014sentient beings wouldn\u2019t grow disillusioned with it. But because the air element is painful\u2014soaked and steeped in pain and not steeped in pleasure\u2014sentient beings do grow disillusioned with it.\u201d","title":"Absolutely Painful","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":159}