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The Discourse on the Internal
150.
At Sāvatthī.
"When what exists, monks, clinging to what, does internal pleasure and pain arise?"
"The teachings have the Blessed One as their root, venerable sir, etc.
"When matter exists, monks, clinging to matter, internal pleasure and pain arises.
When feeling exists, etc.
when perception exists...
when activities exist...
when consciousness exists, clinging to consciousness, internal pleasure and pain arises.
What do you think, monks, is matter permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"But what is impermanent, is that suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"But what is impermanent, suffering, subject to change, would internal pleasure and pain arise by non-clinging to that?"
"No, Venerable Sir."
"Feeling, etc.
perception...
activities...
consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"But what is impermanent, is that suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"But what is impermanent, suffering, subject to change, would internal pleasure and pain arise by non-clinging to that?"
"No, Venerable Sir."
"Seeing thus, etc.
He understands: ... there is no more coming back to any state of being.'"
The first.