Dukkhavipākasutta — Sādhuvagga — the fourteenth chapter of the Tens, the Chapter on Good
Setting
None stated in the source
Speakers
The Buddha alone, addressing the mendicants
Form
The identical template, with a near-twin final word-pair
Length
under 1 minute to read
Closing this chapter
This discourse closes Sādhuvagga, the fourteenth chapter, with its own untranslated colophon and uddāna verse naming all eleven discourses
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the final, near-identical variation closing this chapter
Why this discourse
Closing this chapter's eleven-discourse run, the Buddha delivers a near-twin of AN 10.143's immediately preceding teaching, ending an entire chapter of varied vocabulary on its two most similar discourses back to back.
Reading guide
The teaching in one sentence
The principle that results in suffering is the ten wrong factors from wrong view to wrong freedom; the principle that results in happiness is the ten right factors from right view to right freedom.
Vipāka and udraya, two words for nearly one idea
Vipāka, this discourse's own term, and udraya, AN 10.143's term, both name the ripening or result of an action, differing mainly in connotation — vipāka carries a slightly more technical, karma-specific sense already familiar from this project's frequent use of the term for karmic ripening, while udraya is a broader, more general word for outcome.
Closing on repetition, not escalation
Unlike many chapters in this nipāta, which build toward a climactic or especially elaborate final discourse, this chapter closes almost anticlimactically: its eleventh discourse barely differs from its tenth, ending an already highly repetitive chapter on its single most repetitive note.
Eleven word-pairs, one constant content
Looking back across the full chapter, eleven distinct terms — good, noble teaching, skillful, beneficial, the teaching, undefiled, blameless, unmortifying, dispersal, and two near-identical suffering/happiness pairs — have all named exactly the same ten right factors, closing chapter 14 exactly as chapter 13 closed: content that has outlasted eleven different costumes, none of them changing what the ten factors actually are.
Key terms
dukkhavipāka — “results in suffering,” using vipāka, karmic ripening — this discourse's own title, closing the chapter with its most technical outcome-term.
sukhavipāka — “results in happiness” — the mirrored term for the ten right factors.
vipāka — “ripening” or result, specifically in the karmic sense — a term already familiar from this project's frequent discussion of karmic outcomes.
micchāñāṇaṁ — “wrong knowledge” — the ninth factor, unchanged from every earlier list across this entire chapter.
Sādhuvaggo catuttho — “the Good Chapter, the fourth” — the chapter's own closing colophon, left untranslated in the English text.
The text
The discourse in full: the ten-factor path defined by karmic result in suffering and happiness. The chapter's own colophon and uddāna verse, in Pāli only, are described but not reproduced. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
Resulting in suffering, and resulting in happiness
§1“I will teach you the principle that results in suffering and that which results in happiness. … And what principle results in suffering? Wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. This is called the principle that results in suffering. And what principle results in happiness? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. This is called the principle that results in happiness.”
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Self-check quiz
6 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 6
How does this discourse's pairing compare to AN 10.143's, according to the guide?
Correct: B. This chapter's two most similar discourses, closing it back to back.
Question 2 of 6
What distinguishes "vipāka" from "udraya," according to the guide?
Correct: B. Subtly different connotations for nearly the same underlying idea.
Question 3 of 6
According to the guide, how does this chapter close, compared to many others in this nipāta?
Correct: B. A close on repetition rather than escalation, unlike many other chapters.
Question 4 of 6
According to the guide, what has remained constant across all eleven discourses of this chapter?
Correct: B. Content outlasting eleven different costumes, echoing chapter 13's own closing pattern.
Question 5 of 6
Where is this discourse set?
Correct: D. No location is given for this brief, closing discourse.
Question 6 of 6
What is this chapter's own untranslated closing colophon, according to the guide?
Correct: B. Marking this as the fourth chapter of the Third Fifty, described but not reproduced verbatim.
