Related:: [[Samudaya]], [[Atthangama|Atthaṅgama]] Related:: [[Viparinama|Vipariṇāma]] # Assāda, [[Adinava|Ādīnava]], and Nissaraṇa — The Gratification, Drawback / Danger, and Escape (of [[Kama|Sensual Pleasures]] and [[Pancupadanakkhandha|5 Aggregates]]) ## Assāda, Ādīnava, and Nissaraṇa ![[SN22.26 Assādasutta#^summary-form]] ## Buddha's Experience ![[MN75 Māgaṇḍiyasutta#^buddha-transcend-kama]] ## Gratification (Assāda) ![[MN13 Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta#^kama-assada]] ![[MN13 Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta#^6-kamaguna]] ## Drawback / Danger (Ādīnava) (e.g. [[Viparinama|Vipariṇāma]]) ![[Adinava#Drawbacks]] ## Escape (Nissaraṇa) ![[MN13 Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta#^kama-nissarana]] ### Escape of a [[Puthujjana]] ![[SN36.6 Sallasutta#^puthujjana-attach-resist]] ## Video - Craving for pleasure and sense gratification ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/iw-gfh5QV0w)) - Guided meditation: [[(2022-08-18) (21-day Series) Brahma Vihara Meditation#Day 5 (Best)]] ([Youtube](https://youtu.be/XGN9HXEwX9g)) ## Suttas - [[MN75 Māgaṇḍiyasutta]] - SN22.26 Assādasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn22.26/en/sujato)) - More on the drawbacks of sensuality. - 3 aspects (of 5 aggregates): *assāda*, *ādīnava*, *nissaraṇa* - SN36.15 Paṭhamaānandasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn36.15/en/sujato)) - Similar to SN22.26, but focused on feeling -- including through all the jhanas. - [[MN13 Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta]] - Buddha explained the gratification, drawback, and escape of Sensual pleasures, Form, and Feeling. - SN12.55 Mahārukkhasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.55/en/sujato)) ^y3eh5j - Craving is the "root" of the Tree of Suffering, Gratification feeds it! #simile/buddha/best - (Sapling) SN12.57 Taruṇarukkhasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.57/en/sujato))