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Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ I: Mūla-Paññāsa
1. Anicca Vagga Paṭhama

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
§ I: The First Fifty Suttas
35. Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense
1. The First Chapter on Impermanence

Sutta 5

Bāhira Dukkha Suttaɱ (Dukkham 2; Bāhiram)

Ill (ii): The External

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[1][bodh] Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī, at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren."

"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One thus spake:

"Objects, brethren,
are ill.

What is ill,
that is void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

Sounds are ill.

What is ill,
that is void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

Scents are ill.

What is ill,
that is void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

Savours are ill.

What is ill,
that is void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

Things tangible are ill.

What is ill,
that is void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

Mind-states are ill.

What is ill,
that is void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

 

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So seeing, brethren,
the well-taught Ariyan disciple
is repelled by objects,
sounds,
scents,
savours,
things tangible,
and mind-states.

Being repelled by them,
he lusts not for them.

Not lusting,
he is set free.

In this freedom
comes insight of being free.

Thus he realizes:

'Rebirth is destroyed,
lived is the righteous life,
done is the task,
for life in these conditions
there is no hereafter.'"


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