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SN 22.137PTS SN 3.1771 min read

Impermanence

Aniccasutta

Give up desire for what is impermanent, i.e. the aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.137Linked Discourses 22.137
  • 0.214. Kukkuḷavagga14. Burning Chaff

0.3AniccasuttaImpermanence

1.1PTS 3.178Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo.“Mendicants, you should give up desire for what is impermanent.

1.3Kiñca, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ?And what is impermanent?1.4Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo.Form is impermanent; you should give up desire for it.

1.5Vedanā aniccā …pe…Feeling …

1.6saññā …Perception …

1.7saṅkhārā …Choices …

1.8viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo.Consciousness is impermanent; you should give up desire for it.

1.9Yaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo”ti.You should give up desire for what is impermanent.”

1.10Dutiyaṁ.