Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.16
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 22.16
2. Aniccavagga
2. Impermanence
Yaṁdukkhasutta
That Which is Suffering
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.
“Mendicants, form 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 dukkhā …
Feeling is suffering …
saññā dukkhā …
Perception is suffering …
saṅkhārā dukkhā …
Choices are suffering …
viññāṇaṁ dukkhaṁ.
Consciousness 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.’”
Pañcamaṁ.