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 MN 13 – MN 13 Mahā-dukkha-k-khandha: Longer Discourse on the Mass of Suffering
    MN 13.0 - (wanderers ask Buddha...)
        MN 13.0.1 - (what is difference between his way of teaching rupa, vedana, 5kg )
        MN 13.0.2 - (heterodox 5kg can’t answer ‘gratification, danger, escape’ )
MN 13.1 - (kāmānaṃ = sensual pleasures )
    MN 13.1.1 - (What is gratification of sensual pleasure? STED 5kg )
    MN 13.1.2 - (What is drawback of sensual pleasure?)
    MN 13.1.3 - (What is escape from sensual pleasure? Remove chanda + raga)
MN 13.2 - (Rūpa = material form [1st of 5 aggregates])
    MN 13.2.1 - (What is gratification of material-form? Compared to 16 year old girl at peak of beauty)
    MN 13.2.2 - (What is drawback of material-form? Compared to 16 year old girl at different stages of life )
    MN 13.2.3 - (What is escape from material-form? Remove chanda + raga for rupa)
MN 13.3 – (Vedana/feelings)
    MN 13.3.1 – (What is gratification of vedana/feelings? The 4 jhānas that abide in intentions non afflicting to self and others)
    MN 13.3.2 - (What is drawback of vedana/feelings? Anicca + dukkha)
    MN 13.3.3 - (What is escape from vedana/feelings? Removing chanda and raga)
MN 13.5 - (conclusion: heterodox does not truly understand (yatha bhuta))

























16 yr old girl at peak of beauty































same girl at 100 yr old









100 yr old woman gravely ill, lying in pool of her own filth




MN 13 families fighting amongst each other because of sensual pleasures



they go to war over sensual pleasures


for sensual pleasures they have to endure hot, cold, biting insects





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