← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN35.148Connected Discourses 35.148SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 35.14815. The Old and the NewThe Suffering as Conducive to Extinguishment“Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.Listen …And what is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment?It’s when a mendicant sees that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are suffering. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact is also suffering.They see that the ear … nose … tongue … body …mind, ideas, mind-consciousness, and mind contact are suffering. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact is also suffering.This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”