The Buddha teaches on the six sense bases regarding the arising of suffering (exterior), guiding disciples toward discernment of sense experience and release from clinging.

SN 35.22 The Arising of Suffering (Exterior)

“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo. Yo saddānaṁ …pe… yo gandhānaṁyo rasānaṁyo phoṭṭhabbānaṁyo dhammānaṁ uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.

Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo. Yo saddānaṁ …pe… yo gandhānaṁyo rasānaṁyo phoṭṭhabbānaṁyo dhammānaṁ nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Yamakavaggo dutiyo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sambodhena duve vuttā,
Assādena apare duve;
No cetena duve vuttā,
Abhinandena apare duve;
Uppādena duve vuttā,
Vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Yo, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.

“Mendicants, the arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of sights is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.

Yo saddānaṁ …pe…

The arising, continuation, and manifestation and regeneration of sounds,

yo gandhānaṁ

smells,

yo rasānaṁ

tastes,

yo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ

touches,

yo dhammānaṁ uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.

and ideas is the arising of suffering, the continuation of diseases, and the manifestation of old age and death.

Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpānaṁ nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo.

The cessation, settling, and ending of sights,

Yo saddānaṁ …pe…

sounds,

yo gandhānaṁ

smells,

yo rasānaṁ

tastes,

yo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ

touches,

yo dhammānaṁ nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.

and ideas is the cessation of suffering, the settling of diseases, and the disappearance of old age and death.”

Dasamaṁ.

Yamakavaggo dutiyo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sambodhena duve vuttā,

Assādena apare duve;

No cetena duve vuttā,

Abhinandena apare duve;

Uppādena duve vuttā,

Vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

Qualities:

Ending

Ending

The complete exhaustion and ending of craving, aversion, and delusion—the three roots of suffering. It refers to both the gradual wearing away of defilements through practice and the final cessation that constitutes Nibbāna.

Also known as: cessation, exhaustion, gradual ending, wearing away
Pāli: khaya, khīṇa, nirodha
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Suffering

Suffering

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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Last updated on July 27, 2026