Reading guide
One substitution: dukkha for anicca
“The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are suffering” replaces SN 35.222's own impermanent — the declaration, the compressed liberation formula, and the sense fields addressed are otherwise unchanged.
Key terms
dukkha — suffering — the quality declared here, replacing SN 35.222's own anicca
cakkhu…dukkhaṁ — “the eye…is suffering” — this discourse's own timeless declaration
anicca — impermanent — SN 35.222's own quality, distinguished here from dukkha
ajjhattikāyatana — the six interior sense fields — unchanged from SN 35.222
dukkhasutta — “The Discourse on Suffering” — the same title SN 22.13 already carries for the five aggregates
The text
The complete discourse: the declaration, then the liberation formula in compressed form. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are suffering. Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
What does this discourse substitute for SN 35.222's own “impermanent”?
Correct: A. Dukkha, the second of round four's three-mark cycle.
Question 2 of 5
What already-published discourse runs the identical timeless suffering declaration for the five aggregates?
Correct: A. SN 22.13 completes the middle term of SN 22.12-14's own three-discourse set.
Question 3 of 5
What sense fields does this discourse address?
Correct: A. Ajjhattikāyatana, exactly as in SN 35.222; only the quality declared changes.
Question 4 of 5
What third quality follows this discourse, at SN 35.224?
Correct: A. SN 35.224 completes round four's interior half with not-self, mirroring SN 22.14.
Question 5 of 5
How does this discourse's own closing formula compare to SN 35.222's?
Correct: A. The compressed “seeing this…” formula is unchanged from SN 35.222.