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SN 22.155PTS SN 3.1851 min read

Substantialist View

Sakkāyadiṭṭhisutta

Identity view arises due to grasping the aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.155Linked Discourses 22.155
  • 0.215. Diṭṭhivagga15. Views

0.3SakkāyadiṭṭhisuttaSubstantialist View

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa sakkāyadiṭṭhi uppajjatī”ti?“Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does substantialist view arise?”

1.3Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”

1.4“rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati, rūpaṁ upādāya, rūpaṁ abhinivissa sakkāyadiṭṭhi uppajjati.“When form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, substantialist view arises.1.5Vedanāya sati …When feeling …1.6saññāya sati …perception …1.7saṅkhāresu sati …choices …1.8viññāṇe sati, viññāṇaṁ upādāya, viññāṇaṁ abhinivissa sakkāyadiṭṭhi uppajjati.consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, substantialist view arises.

1.9Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,What do you think, mendicants?1.10rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?Is form permanent or impermanent?”

1.11“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.“Impermanent, sir.” …

1.12“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ …pe…1.13api nu taṁ anupādāya sakkāyadiṭṭhi uppajjeyyā”ti?“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would substantialist view arise?”

1.14“No hetaṁ, bhante”.“No, sir.”

1.15“Vedanā …“Is feeling …1.16saññā …perception …1.17saṅkhārā …choices …1.18viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?consciousness permanent or impermanent?”

1.19“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.“Impermanent, sir.” …

1.20“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ …pe…1.21api nu taṁ anupādāya sakkāyadiṭṭhi uppajjeyyā”ti?“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would substantialist view arise?”

1.22“No hetaṁ, bhante”.“No, sir.”

1.23“Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…“Seeing this …1.24nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.25Chaṭṭhaṁ.