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The Buddha teaches on with suffering as outcome, presenting a tenfold teaching for disciples on the path.

AN 10.143 With Suffering as Outcome

“Dukkhudrayañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi sukhudrayañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo? Micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāvimutti— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo? Sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāvimutti— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo”ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Dukkhudrayañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi sukhudrayañca.

“I will teach you the principle that has suffering as outcome, and that which has happiness as outcome. …

Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo?

And what is the principle whose outcome is suffering?

Micchādiṭṭhi …pe… micchāvimutti—

Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo.

This is the principle whose outcome is suffering.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo?

And what is the principle whose outcome is happiness?

Sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāvimutti—

Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo”ti.

This is the principle whose outcome is happiness.”

Dasamaṁ.

Topics & Qualities:

Happiness

Happiness

☀️ bright quality

Bodily ease and comfort; a pleasant feeling experienced with the body. In the third jhāna, one dwells experiencing this pleasure with the body. It is abandoned, along with bodily pain, for the fourth jhāna to arise.

Also known as: pleasant abiding, positive state of mind, sense of ease
Pāli: sukha
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Liberation

Liberation

topic
☀️ bright quality

Liberation can imply a temporary release of the mind, i.e. liberated from certain unwholesome mental qualities or complete liberation from all unwholesome qualities of the mind, i.e. Nibbāna.

Also known as: freedom, release, emancipation, deliverance
Pāli: vimutti, vimokkha, cetovimutti, paññāvimutti, akuppā cetovimutti
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Mindfulness

Mindfulness

☀️ bright quality

Active presence of mind and lucid retention; the faculty that remembers the Dhamma, anchors attention to the chosen object or present experience, and guards the mind against unwholesome states.

Also known as: recollecting, remembering, keeping in mind, presence, awareness
Pāli: sati, anussati
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Right effort

Right effort

☀️ bright quality

Energy and resolve directed toward preventing unwholesome states from arising, abandoning arisen unwholesome states, cultivating wholesome states, and maintaining arisen wholesome states; persistent application of the mind aligned with the path.

Also known as: right endeavor, right striving
Pāli: sammāvāyāma, padhāna
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Suffering

Suffering

☁️ dark quality

Unpleasantness, discontentment, dissatisfaction, stress, pain, disease, i.e. mild or intense suffering that is inherent in conditioned existence.

Also known as: discomfort, unpleasantness, discontentedness, dissatisfaction, stress, pain, disease, distress, affliction
Pāli: dukkha
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Vigour

Vigour

☀️ bright quality

Energetic effort and resilience in practice. It is the refusal to shrink back, the 'uphill' force that initiates and sustains wholesome actions against the gravity of habit.

Also known as: energy, effort, enthusiasm, zeal, application of will, persistence
Pāli: vīriya
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Last updated on July 27, 2026

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