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With Ānanda

Ānandasutta

Ānanda asks the Buddha what exactly is meant when we say that things cease. The Buddha explains it as the cessation of the aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.21Linked Discourses 22.21
  • 0.22. Aniccavagga2. Impermanence

0.3ĀnandasuttaWith Ānanda

1.1PTS 3.25Sāvatthiyaṁ … ārāme.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

1.3“‘nirodho nirodho’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of ‘cessation’.1.4Katamesānaṁ kho, bhante, dhammānaṁ nirodho ‘nirodho’ti vuccatī”ti?The cessation of what things does this refer to?”

1.5“Rūpaṁ kho, ānanda, aniccaṁ saṅkhataṁ paṭiccasamuppannaṁ khayadhammaṁ vayadhammaṁ virāgadhammaṁ nirodhadhammaṁ.“Ānanda, form is impermanent, conditioned, dependently originated, liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease.1.6Tassa nirodho ‘nirodho’ti vuccati.Its cessation is what ‘cessation’ refers to.

1.7Vedanā aniccā saṅkhatā paṭiccasamuppannā khayadhammā vayadhammā virāgadhammā nirodhadhammā.Feeling …1.8Tassā nirodho ‘nirodho’ti vuccati.

1.9Saññā …Perception …

1.10saṅkhārā aniccā saṅkhatā paṭiccasamuppannā khayadhammā vayadhammā virāgadhammā nirodhadhammā.Choices …1.11Tesaṁ nirodho ‘nirodho’ti vuccati.

1.12Viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ saṅkhataṁ paṭiccasamuppannaṁ khayadhammaṁ vayadhammaṁ virāgadhammaṁ nirodhadhammaṁ.Consciousness is impermanent, conditioned, dependently originated, liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease.1.13Tassa nirodho ‘nirodho’ti vuccati.Its cessation is what ‘cessation’ refers to.

1.14Imesaṁ kho, ānanda, dhammānaṁ nirodho ‘nirodho’ti vuccatī”ti.When they speak of ‘cessation’, its the cessation of these things that this refers to.”

1.15Dasamaṁ.

1.16Aniccavaggo dutiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Aniccaṁ dukkhaṁ anattā,2.2yadaniccāpare tayo;2.3Hetunāpi tayo vuttā,2.4ānandena ca te dasāti.