{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.163/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.163","id":"suttacentral_sn35.163","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.163/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita \u2026 said to the Buddha: \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 When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cKo\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, you should give up desire for what is suffering. And what is suffering? The eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are suffering: you should give up desire for them. The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also suffering; you should give up desire for it. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026. The mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact are suffering: you should give up desire for them. The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also suffering: you should give up desire for it. Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, you should give up desire for what is suffering.\u201d","title":"With Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita on Suffering","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":141}