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The First Discourse on Happiness
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On one occasion the Venerable Sāriputta was dwelling among the Magadhans at the village of Nālaka.
Then the wandering ascetic Sāmaṇḍakāni approached the Venerable Sāriputta;
having approached, he exchanged friendly greetings with the Venerable Sāriputta.
Having concluded the pleasant and memorable talk, he sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the wandering ascetic Sāmaṇḍakāni said this to the Venerable Sāriputta -
"Now what, friend Sāriputta, is happiness, what is suffering?" "Rebirth, friend, is suffering, non-rebirth is happiness. When there is rebirth, friend, this suffering is to be expected - cold, heat, hunger, thirst, defecation, urination, contact with fire, contact with the stick, contact with the knife, and relatives and friends having come together and assembled irritate one. When there is rebirth, friend, this suffering is to be expected. When there is non-rebirth, friend, this happiness is to be expected - no cold, no heat, no hunger, no thirst, no defecation, no urination, no contact with fire, no contact with the stick, no contact with the knife, and relatives and friends having come together and assembled do not irritate one. When there is non-rebirth, friend, this happiness is to be expected." The fifth.