Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
2. Dutiya Anicca Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and other Subjects
22. Kindred Sayings on Elements
2. The Second on Impermanence
Sutta 21
Ānanda Suttaṃ
Ānanda
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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The Exalted One was staying at Sāvatthī.
Then the venerable Ānanda came to the Exalted One,
saluted him
and sat down at one side.
As he thus sat,
the venerable Ānanda thus addressed the Exalted One:
"Lord, we hear the phrase 'Ceasing! Ceasing!'
By the ceasing of what natural states
is there said to be 'ceasing?'"
"Body, Ānanda, is impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen [24] because of (something).
It is a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.
By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'
■
Feeling is impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen because of (something).
It is a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.
By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'
■
Percption is impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen because of (something).
It is a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.
By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'
■
The activities are impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen because of (something).
They are a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.
By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'
■
Consciousness is impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen because of (something).
It is a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.
By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'
By the ceasing of these there is said to be 'ceasing.'"
