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SN 26.6PTS SN 3.2301 min read

Perception

Saññāsutta

The arising of the six kinds of perception is the arising of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 26.6Linked Discourses 26.6
  • 0.21. Uppādavagga1. Arising

0.3SaññāsuttaPerception

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Yo kho, bhikkhave, rūpasaññāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe…“Mendicants, the arising of perception of sights …1.3jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe…1.4yo dhammasaññāya uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.perception of ideas … is the manifestation of old age and death.1.5Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpasaññāya nirodho …pe…The cessation of perception of sights …1.6jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe…1.7yo dhammasaññāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.perception of ideas … is the disappearance of old age and death.”

1.8Chaṭṭhaṁ.