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SN 26.7PTS SN 3.2301 min read

Intention

Sañcetanāsutta

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

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 26.7Linked Discourses 26.7
  • 0.21. Uppādavagga1. Arising

0.3SañcetanāsuttaIntention

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

1.8Sattamaṁ.