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SN 22.15PTS SN 3.211 min read

That Which is Impermanent

Yadaniccasutta

One should truly understand the five aggregates as impermanent, etc.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.15Linked Discourses 22.15
  • 0.22. Aniccavagga2. Impermanence

0.3YadaniccasuttaThat Which is Impermanent

1.1PTS 3.22Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ.“Mendicants, form is impermanent.1.3Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ;What’s impermanent is suffering.1.4yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;What’s suffering is not-self.1.5yadanattā 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.’1

1.6Vedanā aniccā.Feeling is impermanent …1.7Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ;1.8yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;1.9yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

1.10Saññā aniccā …pe…Perception is impermanent …

1.11saṅkhārā aniccā …Choices are impermanent …

1.12viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ.Consciousness is impermanent.1.13Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ;What’s impermanent is suffering.1.14yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;What’s suffering is not-self.1.15yadanattā 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.’

1.16Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.17nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.18Catutthaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. See note on this phrase at SN 22.15:1.5.

    ↩ sn22.15:1.5