At Sāvatthī… There the Blessed One said this:
“Bhikkhus, I will teach you the burden, the carrier of the
burden, the taking up of the burden, and the laying down of the burden. Listen
to that…
“And what, bhikkhus, is the burden? It should be said: the
five aggregates subject to clinging. What five? The form aggregate subject to
clinging, the feeling aggregate subject to clinging, the perception aggregate
subject to clinging, the volitional formations aggregate subject to clinging,
the consciousness aggregate subject to clinging. This is called the burden.
“And what, bhikkhu, is the carrier of the burden? It should
be said: the person, this venerable one of such a name and clan. This is called
the carrier of the burden.
“And what, bhikkhu, is the taking up of the burden? It is
this craving that leads to renewed existence, accompanied by delight and lust,
seeking delight here and there; that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving
for existence, craving for extermination. This is called the taking up of the
burden.
“And what, bhikkhus, is the laying down of the burden? It is
the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up
and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, non-reliance on it. This is called
the laying down of the burden.”
This is what the Blessed One said. Having said this, the
Fortunate One, the Teacher, further said this:
“The five aggregates are truly burdens,
The burden-carrier is the person.
Taking up the burden is suffering in the world,
Laying the burden down is blissful.
Having laid the heavy burden down
Without taking up another burden,
Having drawn out craving with its roots,
One is free from hunger, fully quenched.”
~ Bhikkhu Bodhi’s translation, The connected discourses of
the Buddha (Saṃyutta Nikāya III), The Book of the Aggregates (Khandhavagga),
(USA: Wisdom Publiccations, 2003), p. 871-872.
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