At Sāvatthī.

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him, “Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”

“When you take pleasure, mendicant, you’re bound by Māra. Not taking pleasure, you’re free from the Wicked One.”

“Understood, Blessed One! Understood, Holy One!”

“But how do you see the detailed meaning of my brief statement?”

“Sir, when you take pleasure in form you’re bound by Māra. Not taking pleasure, you’re free from the Wicked One. When you take pleasure in feeling … perception … choices … consciousness you’re bound by Māra. Not taking pleasure, you’re free from the Wicked One.

That’s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement.”

“Good, good, mendicant! It’s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I’ve said in brief like this.

When you take pleasure in form you’re bound by Māra. Not taking pleasure, you’re free from the Wicked One. When you take pleasure in feeling … perception … choices … consciousness you’re bound by Māra. Not taking pleasure, you’re free from the Wicked One.

This is how to understand the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.” …

And that mendicant became one of the perfected.

The Linked Discourses

|_The Group of Linked Discourses Beginning With the Aggregates

|__【1】SN22. Linked Discourses on the Aggregates

|___B. The Middle Fifty

|____II. The Chapter on the Perfected Ones

SN22.65 When You Take Pleasure

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पाळिभासा (Pāli)

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