Background: What I perceived was disenchantment, which seemed to be the cause of duhkha (a psychological pain in this case).
In M 44 Dhammadinnā says:
> "Now what, lady, lies on the other side of pleasant feeling?"
>
> "Passion
> lies on the other side of pleasant feeling."
>
> "And what lies on the other side of painful feeling?"
>
> "Resistance lies
> on the other side of painful feeling."
>
> "What lies on the other side
> of neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling?"
>
> "Ignorance lies on the other side of neither-pleasant-nor- painful
> feeling." "What lies on the other side of ignorance?"
>
> "Clear knowing lies on the other side of ignorance." "What lies on the
> other side of clear knowing?" "Release lies on the other side of clear
> knowing." "What lies on the other side of release?" "Unbinding lies on
> the other side of release."
>
> "What lies on the other side of
> Unbinding?" …
The translation from suttacentral is somewhat different:
> “But ma’am, what is the counterpart of pleasant feeling?”
>
> “Painful feeling.”
>
> “What is the counterpart of painful feeling?”
>
> “Pleasant feeling.”
>
> “What is the counterpart of neutral feeling?”
>
> “Ignorance.”
>
> “What is the counterpart of ignorance?”
>
> “Knowledge.”
>
> “What is the counterpart of knowledge?”
>
> “Freedom.”
>
> “What is the counterpart of freedom?”
>
> “Extinguishment.”
>
> “What is the counterpart of extinguishment?”
The same two verses seem to be saying different things. If I say, 'the counterpart of pain is resistance', that doesn't make good sense. In fact, the whole translated verse from suttacentral seems strange to my mind; the former being more intuitive, perhaps more correct. But still, what does resistance mean? Does it mean aversion?
Asked by nacre
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Oct 24, 2022, 01:31 PM
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