Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.153
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 22.153
15. Diṭṭhivagga
15. Views
Nocamesiyāsutta
It Might Not Be Mine
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:
“Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise:
‘no cassaṁ, no ca me siyā, nābhavissa, na me bhavissatī’”ti?
‘I might not be, and it might not be mine. I will not be, and it will not be mine’?”
Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…
“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”
“rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati, rūpaṁ upādāya, rūpaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:
“When form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises:
‘no cassaṁ, no ca me siyā, nābhavissa, na me bhavissatī’ti.
‘I might not be, and it might not be mine. I will not be, and it will not be mine.’
Vedanāya sati …
When feeling …
saññāya sati …
perception …
saṅkhāresu sati …
choices …
viññāṇe sati, viññāṇaṁ upādāya, viññāṇaṁ abhinivissa, evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:
consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises:
‘no cassaṁ, no ca me siyā, nābhavissa, na me bhavissatī’ti.
‘I might not be, and it might not be mine. I will not be, and it will not be mine.’
Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,
What do you think, mendicants?
rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?
Is form permanent or impermanent?”
“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.
“Impermanent, sir.”
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?
“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”
“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.
“Suffering, sir.”
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:
“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise:
‘no cassaṁ, no ca me siyā, nābhavissa, na me bhavissatī’”ti?
‘I might not be, and it might not be mine. I will not be, and it will not be mine’?”
“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“No, sir.”
“Vedanā …
“Is feeling …
saññā …
perception …
saṅkhārā …
choices …
viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?
consciousness permanent or impermanent?”
“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.
“Impermanent, sir.”
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?
“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”
“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.
“Suffering, sir.”
“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:
“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise:
‘no cassaṁ, no ca me siyā, nābhavissa, na me bhavissatī’”ti?
‘I might not be, and it might not be mine. I will not be, and it will not be mine’?”
“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“No, sir.”
“Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
“Seeing this …
nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”
Catutthaṁ.