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Arising

Uppādāsutta

Impermanence, suffering, and not-self are natural laws discovered by the Buddha.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.136Numbered Discourses 3.136
  • 0.214. Yodhājīvavagga14. A Warrior

0.3UppādāsuttaArising

1.1“Uppādā vā, bhikkhave, tathāgatānaṁ anuppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ, ṭhitāva sā dhātu dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā.“Mendicants, whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this surety of natural principles:1.2Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā.all conditions are impermanent.1.3Taṁ tathāgato abhisambujjhati abhisameti.A Realized One awakens to this and comprehends it,1.4Abhisambujjhitvā abhisametvā ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati vibhajati uttānīkaroti:then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and discloses it:1.5‘sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā’ti.‘All conditions are impermanent.’

1.6Uppādā vā, bhikkhave, tathāgatānaṁ anuppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ ṭhitāva sā dhātu dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā.Whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this surety of natural principles:1.7Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā.all conditions are suffering.1.8Taṁ tathāgato abhisambujjhati abhisameti.A Realized One awakens to this and comprehends it,1.9Abhisambujjhitvā abhisametvā ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati vibhajati uttānīkaroti:then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and discloses it:1.10‘sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā’ti.‘All conditions are suffering.’

1.11Uppādā vā, bhikkhave, tathāgatānaṁ anuppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ ṭhitāva sā dhātu dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā.Whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this surety of natural principles:1.12Sabbe dhammā anattā.all things are not-self.1.13Taṁ tathāgato abhisambujjhati abhisameti.A Realized One awakens to this and comprehends it,1.14Abhisambujjhitvā abhisametvā ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati vibhajati uttānīkaroti:then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and discloses it:1.15‘sabbe dhammā anattā’”ti.‘All things are not-self.’”

1.16Catutthaṁ.