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SN 22.147PTS SN 3.1791 min read

Observing Impermanence

Aniccānupassīsutta

One gone forth should dwell contemplating impermanence in the aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.147Linked Discourses 22.147
  • 0.214. Kukkuḷavagga14. Burning Chaff

0.3AniccānupassīsuttaObserving Impermanence

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.1

1.2“Saddhāpabbajitassa, bhikkhave, kulaputtassa ayamanudhammo hoti—“Mendicants, when a gentleman has gone forth out of faith, this is what’s in line with the teaching.1.3yaṁ rūpe aniccānupassī vihareyya.They should meditate observing impermanence in form,1.4Vedanāya …feeling,1.5saññāya …perception,1.6saṅkhāresu …choices,1.7viññāṇe aniccānupassī vihareyya …pe…and consciousness. …1.8‘parimuccati dukkhasmā’ti vadāmī”ti.They’re freed from suffering, I say.”

1.9Dvādasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This corresponds to SN 22.40.

    ↩ sn22.147:1.1