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SN 22.66PTS SN 3.761 min read

Impermanence

Aniccasutta

One should let go of desire for what is impermanent, namely the five aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.66Linked Discourses 22.66
  • 0.27. Arahantavagga7. The Perfected Ones

0.3AniccasuttaImpermanence

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,1.3“sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu …pe… ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”

1.4“Yaṁ kho, bhikkhu, aniccaṁ; tatra te chando pahātabbo”ti.“Mendicant, give up desire for whatever’s impermanent.”

1.5“Aññātaṁ, bhagavā, aññātaṁ, sugatā”ti.“Understood, Blessed One! Understood, Holy One!”

2.1“Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsī”ti?“But how do you see the detailed meaning of my brief statement?”

2.2“Rūpaṁ kho, bhante, aniccaṁ; tatra me chando pahātabbo.“Sir, form is impermanent; I should give up desire for it.

2.3Vedanā …Feeling …

2.4saññā …Perception …

2.5saṅkhārā …Choices …

2.6viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ; tatra me chando pahātabbo.Consciousness is impermanent; I should give up desire for it.

2.7Imassa khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmī”ti.That’s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement.”

3.1PTS 3.77“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhu.“Good, good, mendicant!3.2Sādhu kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsi.It’s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I’ve said in brief like this.

3.3Rūpaṁ kho, bhikkhu, aniccaṁ; tatra te chando pahātabbo.Form is impermanent; you should give up desire for it.

3.4Vedanā aniccā …Feeling …

3.5saññā …Perception …

3.6saṅkhārā …Choices …

3.7viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ; tatra kho te chando pahātabbo.Consciousness is impermanent; you should give up desire for it.

3.8Imassa kho, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena attho daṭṭhabbo”ti …pe…This is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.” …

3.9aññataro ca pana so bhikkhu arahataṁ ahosīti.And that mendicant became one of the perfected.

3.10Catutthaṁ.