Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.15
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 22.15
2. Aniccavagga
2. Impermanence
Yadaniccasutta
That Which is Impermanent
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ.
“Mendicants, form is impermanent.
Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ;
What’s impermanent is suffering.
yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;
What’s suffering is not-self.
yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Vedanā aniccā.
Feeling is impermanent …
Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ;
yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;
yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
Saññā aniccā …pe…
Perception is impermanent …
saṅkhārā aniccā …
Choices are impermanent …
viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ.
Consciousness is impermanent.
Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ;
What’s impermanent is suffering.
yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;
What’s suffering is not-self.
yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
Seeing this …
nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”
Catutthaṁ.