Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.2
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 35.2
1. Aniccavagga
1. Impermanence
Ajjhattadukkhasutta
The Interior as Suffering
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.
“Mendicants, the eye 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.’
Sotaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…
The ear,
ghānaṁ dukkhaṁ …
nose,
jivhā dukkhā …
tongue,
kāyo dukkho …
body,
mano dukkho.
and mind are 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 itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”
Dutiyaṁ.