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Milindapañha

Arūpadhammavavatthānavagga

16. Arūpadhammavavatthānadukkarapañha

1 Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, dukkaraṁ nu kho bhagavatā katan”ti? Thero āha—“dukkaraṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā katan”ti. “Kiṁ pana, bhante nāgasena, bhagavatā dukkaraṁ katan”ti. “Dukkaraṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā kataṁ imesaṁ arūpīnaṁ cittacetasikānaṁ dhammānaṁ ekārammaṇe vattamānānaṁ vavatthānaṁ akkhātaṁ ‘ayaṁ phasso, ayaṁ vedanā, ayaṁ saññā, ayaṁ cetanā, idaṁ cittan’”ti.

2 “Opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, kocideva puriso nāvāya mahāsamuddaṁ ajjhogāhetvā hatthapuṭena udakaṁ gahetvā jivhāya sāyitvā jāneyya nu kho, mahārāja, so puriso ‘idaṁ gaṅgāya udakaṁ, idaṁ yamunāya udakaṁ, idaṁ aciravatiyā udakaṁ, idaṁ sarabhuyā udakaṁ, idaṁ mahiyā udakan’”ti? “Dukkaraṁ, bhante, jānitun”ti. “Ito dukkarataraṁ kho, mahārāja, bhagavatā kataṁ imesaṁ arūpīnaṁ cittacetasikānaṁ dhammānaṁ ekārammaṇe vattamānānaṁ vavatthānaṁ akkhātaṁ ‘ayaṁ phasso, ayaṁ vedanā, ayaṁ saññā, ayaṁ cetanā, idaṁ cittan’”ti. “Suṭṭhu, bhante”ti rājā abbhānumodīti.

3 Arūpadhammavavatthānadukkarapañho soḷasamo.

4 Arūpadhammavavatthānavaggo sattamo.

5 Imasmiṁ vagge soḷasa pañhā.

Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Pāli), 2005. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500, World Tipiṭaka Edition in Roman Script, B.E. 2548 (2005), prepared by the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund. Text and segmenting as published by SuttaCentral, which marks it free of known restrictions under copyright law. Version: bilara-data, published branch at 4b0b8739c (2026-11-05). Source

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