SN.35.137. Dutiyarūpārāmasutta ("Liking Sights, 2nd")

Saṁyutta Nikāya ("The Linked Discourses")

“Mendicants, gods and humans like sights, they love them and enjoy them. But when sights perish, fade away, and cease, gods and humans live in suffering. …

The Realized One has truly understood the origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape of sights, so he doesn’t like, love, or enjoy them. When sights perish, fade away, and cease, the Realized One lives happily. …”



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