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

AN 10.187 With Suffering as Outcome

“Dukkhudrayañca vo, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ desessāmi sukhudrayañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe… katamo ca, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo? Pāṇātipāto …pe… micchādiṭṭhi— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhudrayo dhammo.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo? Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe… sammādiṭṭhi— 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?

Pāṇātipāto …pe…

Killing living creatures …

micchādiṭṭhi—

wrong view.

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?

Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī …pe…

Not killing living creatures …

sammādiṭṭhi—

right view.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sukhudrayo dhammo”ti.

This is the principle whose outcome is happiness.”

Dasamaṁ.

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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Right view

Right view

☀️ bright quality

View that is in line with the Dhamma — teachings of the Buddha that point to the nature of reality, the ultimate truth.

Also known as: right understanding, right belief, view that is inline with the Dhamma
Pāli: sammādiṭṭhi
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Slaughtering

Slaughtering

☁️ dark quality

The deliberate killing of a living being, carried out with the intention of ending its life while disregarding its natural drive to continue living.

Also known as: killing, murdering, taking life
Pāli: pāṇātipāta
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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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Wrong view

Wrong view

☁️ dark quality

A distorted understanding that sees permanence in the impermanent, satisfaction in the unsatisfactory, or self in the not-self. Wrong view guides action by delusion, obscuring cause and effect, and closes the door to wisdom and release.

Also known as: distorted or inverted perception, untrue view, false belief
Pāli: micchādiṭṭhi
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Last updated on July 27, 2026

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