mn141:19.1 And what is ‘not getting what you wish for is suffering’?
BAGIAN 19
mn141:19.2 In sentient beings who are liable to be reborn, such a wish arises:
mn141:19.3 ‘Oh, if only we were not liable to be reborn! If only rebirth would not come to us!’
mn141:19.4 But you can’t get that by wishing.
mn141:19.5 This is: ‘not getting what you wish for is suffering’.
mn141:19.6 In sentient beings who are liable to grow old …
mn141:19.7 fall ill …
mn141:19.8 die …
mn141:19.9 experience sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress, such a wish arises:
mn141:19.10 ‘Oh, if only we were not liable to experience sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress! If only sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress would not come to us!’
mn141:19.11 But you can’t get that by wishing.
mn141:19.12 This is: ‘not getting what you wish for is suffering’.