8.
The Discourse on Suffering with Koṭṭhika
163.
Then the Venerable Mahākoṭṭhika, etc.
he said this to the Blessed One -
"It would be good, venerable sir, etc.
I might dwell."
"Whatever, Koṭṭhika, is suffering, therein your desire is to be abandoned.
And what, Koṭṭhika, is suffering?
The eye, Koṭṭhika, is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Material forms are suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Eye-consciousness is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Eye-contact is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned, etc.
The tongue is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned, etc.
the mind is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Mental phenomena are suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Mind-consciousness is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Mind-contact is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition - whether pleasant or unpleasant or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant - that too is suffering;
therein your desire is to be abandoned.
Whatever, Koṭṭhika, is suffering, therein your desire is to be abandoned."
The eighth.