Unpleasantness

1. I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One lived in the monastery offered by Anàthapiõóika in Jeta's grove in Sàvatthi.

2. Then the monks approached the Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side and the Blessed One said:

3. ßMonks, I will teach you unpleasantness, the arising of unpleasantness, the cessation of unpleasantness and the path leading to the cessation of unpleasantness. Listen to it carefully.

4. ßMonks, what is unpleasant? The reply is the five holding masses. What five? The holding masses of matter, feelings, perceptions, intentions, and consciousness. Monks, to this is said unpleasantness.

5. ßMonks, what is the arising of unpleasantness? It is craving to be again, with interest and greed, delighting here and there, such as craving for sensuality, craving to be, and craving not to be. Monks, to this is called the arising of unpleasantness.

6. ßMonks, what is the cessation of unpleasantness? It is giving up interest and ceasing that same craving; forsaking, rejecting, finding release, and not settling in it. This is the cessation of unpleasantness.

7. ßMonks, what is the path leading to the cessation unpleasantness? It is this same eight-factored noble path, such as right view, .. re ... right concentration. To this is said the path leading to the cessation of unpleasantness.