← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN22.29Connected Discourses 22.29SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 22.293. The BurdenTaking PleasureAt Sāvatthī.“Mendicants, if you take pleasure in form, you take pleasure in suffering.If you take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re not exempt from suffering.If you take pleasure in feeling …perception …choices …consciousness, you take pleasure in suffering.If you take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re not exempt from suffering.If you don’t take pleasure in form, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re exempt from suffering.If you don’t take pleasure in feeling …perception …choices …consciousness, you don’t take pleasure in suffering.If you don’t take pleasure in suffering, I say you’re exempt from suffering.”