Delight in Forms Rūpṅrṅma Sutta (SN 35:136)

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welcome, appealing, agreeable— as long as theyâre said to exist, are supposed by the world together with its devas to be bliss. But when they cease, thatâs supposed by them to be stress. The stopping of self-identity is viewed by the noble ones as bliss. This, when seen, runs counter to the whole world. What others say     Â

is blissful, the noble ones say     Â

is stress. What others say     Â

is stressful, the noble know     Â

as bliss. See the Dhamma, hard to understand! Here those who donât know are confused. For those who are veiled, itâs     Â

darkness, blindness for those who donât see. But for the good itâs blatant, like light for those who see. Though in its very presence, they donât understand it— dumb animals, unadept in the Dhamma. Itâs not easy for those overcome by passion for becoming, flowing along in the stream of becoming, falling under Mṅraâs sway,2 to wake up to this Dhamma. Who, apart from the noble, is worthy to wake up to this state?— the state that, through rightly knowing it, they totally unbind, effluent-free." Notes 1. The poem that follows is identical to the final poem in Sn 3:12. 2. On Mṅraâs sway, see SN 4:19, SN 35:115, SN 35:189, and SN 35:199. See also: SN 22:1; SN 22:94 - --> - - - -