{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.67/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.67","id":"suttacentral_sn22.67","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.67/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha \u2026 and asked him, \u201cSir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cMendicant, give up desire for whatever\u2019s suffering.\u201d \u201cUnderstood, Blessed One! Understood, Holy One!\u201d \u201cBut how do you see the detailed meaning of my brief statement?\u201d \u201cSir, form is suffering; I should give up desire for it. Feeling \u2026 Perception \u2026 Choices \u2026 Consciousness is suffering; I should give up desire for it. That\u2019s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement.\u201d \u201cGood, good, mendicant! It\u2019s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I\u2019ve said in brief like this. Form is suffering; you should give up desire for it. Feeling \u2026 Perception \u2026 Choices \u2026 Consciousness is suffering; you should give up desire for it. This is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.\u201d \u2026 And that mendicant became one of the perfected.","title":"Suffering","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":168}