What is the meaning of the Datthabba Sutta?
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In relation to the question: "*Is there is no benefit and there is no intrinsic positive nature in a pleasant sensation?*", I read the following quote from SN 36.5 on the internet:
> A mendicant who sees pleasure as pain, one who has seen the pleasant as painful, who sees the pain in happiness, Yo sukhaṃ dukkhato adda,
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> and suffering as a dart, the painful as a dart, views the painful feeling as a thorn, dukkhamaddakkhi sallato;
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> and that peaceful, neutral feeling adukkhamasukhaṃ santaṃ,
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> as impermanent, addakkhi naṃ aniccato.
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> sees rightly; sa ve sammaddaso bhikkhu,
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> they completely understand feelings. parijānāti vedanā;
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> Completely understanding feelings, So vedanā pariññāya,
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> they’re without defilements in this very life. diṭṭhe dhamme anāsavo;
Not necessarily adhering to the literal translations above:
1. What is the meaning of the Pali in verse above from Datthabba Sutta?
2. Does the Datthabba Sutta support the idea: '*there is no benefit and there is no intrinsic positive nature in a pleasant sensation*'?
3. How does the above verse in the Datthabba Sutta reconcile with the Pali verse: "*Nibbanam paramam sukham: Nibbana is the supreme happines*s"?
4. Are any of the translations above of the three Western monks accurate so to inspire faith in these ordained Westerners?
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Nov 13, 2020, 04:03 AM
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