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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 22.31 Linked Discourses 22.31
3. BhÄravagga 3. The Burden
Aghamūlasutta The Root of Gloom
SÄvatthinidÄnaį¹. At SÄvatthÄ«.
āAghaƱca, bhikkhave, desessÄmi aghamÅ«laƱca. āMendicants, I will teach you gloom and the root of gloom. āGloomā (agha) seems to have originally had the sense of ādarkness, voidā, a name for the black, starless reaches of space (MN 123:7.4; cf. Rig Veda 10.85.13, for which read āblacknessesā). Legend depicts Agha as a vast serpent of foul-smelling, cave-like maw who devours the innocent. Hence the black evil of agha is driven away by the blazing fire (Rig Veda 1.97). But whereas the Vedic usage associates agha with evil, malignant deedsāand hence the second noble truth, that which perpetuates sufferingāin Buddhism it is associated with the first noble truth, suffering itself.
Taį¹ suį¹Ätha. Listen ā¦
KatamaƱca, bhikkhave, aghaį¹? And what is gloom?
RÅ«paį¹, bhikkhave, aghaį¹, vedanÄ aghaį¹, saĆ±Ć±Ä aghaį¹, saį¹
khÄrÄ aghaį¹, viƱƱÄį¹aį¹ aghaį¹. Form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are gloom.
Idaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, aghaį¹. This is called gloom.
KatamaƱca, bhikkhave, aghamÅ«laį¹? And what is the root of gloom?
YÄyaį¹ taį¹hÄ ponobhavikÄ nandÄ«rÄgasahagatÄ tatratatrÄbhinandinÄ«; Itās the craving that leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights. That is,
Seyyathidaį¹ākÄmataį¹hÄ, bhavataį¹hÄ, vibhavataį¹hÄ. craving for sensual pleasures, craving for continued existence, and craving for nonexistence.
Idaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhave, aghamÅ«lanāti. This is called the root of gloom.ā
Dasamaį¹.