SN 22.28

Tatiyaassādasutta

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, rūpassa assādo abhavissa nayidaṁ sattā rūpasmiṁ sārajjeyyuṁ. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpassa assādo, tasmā sattā rūpasmiṁ sārajjanti. No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, rūpassa ādīnavo abhavissa nayidaṁ sattā rūpasmiṁ nibbindeyyuṁ. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpassa ādīnavo, tasmā sattā rūpasmiṁ nibbindanti. No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, rūpassa nissaraṇaṁ abhavissa nayidaṁ sattā rūpasmā nissareyyuṁ. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi rūpassa nissaraṇaṁ, tasmā sattā rūpasmā nissaranti. No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, vedanāya …pe… no cedaṁ, bhikkhave, saññāya … no cedaṁ, bhikkhave, saṅkhārānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā saṅkhārehi nissareyyuṁ. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi saṅkhārānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ, tasmā sattā saṅkhārehi nissaranti. No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, viññāṇassa assādo abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā viññāṇasmiṁ sārajjeyyuṁ. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi viññāṇassa assādo, tasmā sattā viññāṇasmiṁ sārajjanti. No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, viññāṇassa ādīnavo abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā viññāṇasmiṁ nibbindeyyuṁ. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi viññāṇassa ādīnavo, tasmā sattā viññāṇasmiṁ nibbindanti. No cedaṁ, bhikkhave, viññāṇassa nissaraṇaṁ abhavissa, nayidaṁ sattā viññāṇasmā nissareyyuṁ. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, atthi viññāṇassa nissaraṇaṁ, tasmā sattā viññāṇasmā nissaranti.

Gratification (3rd)

At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, if there were no gratification in form, sentient beings wouldn’t be aroused by it. But since there is gratification in form, sentient beings are aroused by it. If form had no drawback, sentient beings wouldn’t grow disillusioned with it. But since form has a drawback, sentient beings do grow disillusioned with it. If there were no escape from form, sentient beings wouldn’t escape from it. But since there is an escape from form, sentient beings do escape from it. If there were no gratification in feeling … perception … choices … consciousness, sentient beings wouldn’t be aroused by it. But since there is gratification in consciousness, sentient beings are aroused by it. If consciousness had no drawback, sentient beings wouldn’t grow disillusioned with it. But since consciousness has a drawback, sentient beings do grow disillusioned with it. If there were no escape from consciousness, sentient beings wouldn’t escape from it. But since there is an escape from consciousness, sentient beings do escape from it.

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, sattā imesaṁ pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ assādañca assādato ādīnavañca ādīnavato nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nābbhaññaṁsu; neva tāva, bhikkhave, sattā sadevakā lokā samārakā sabrahmakā sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya nissaṭā visaṁyuttā vippamuttā vimariyādīkatena cetasā vihariṁsu. Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, sattā imesaṁ pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ assādañca assādato ādīnavañca ādīnavato nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ abbhaññaṁsu; atha, bhikkhave, sattā sadevakā lokā samārakā sabrahmakā sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya nissaṭā visaṁyuttā vippamuttā vimariyādīkatena cetasā viharanti”.

As long as sentient beings don’t truly understand these five grasping aggregates’ gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are, they haven’t escaped from this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans—and they don’t live detached, liberated, with mind free of limits. But when sentient beings truly understand these five grasping aggregates’ gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are, they’ve escaped from this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans—and they live detached, liberated, with mind free of limits.”