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SN 35.100PTS SN 4.801 min read

Retreat

Paṭisallānasutta

Develop seclusion so as to truly understand the process of sense experience.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.100Linked Discourses 35.100
  • 0.210. Saḷavagga10. The Sixes

0.3PaṭisallānasuttaRetreat

1.1PTS 4.81“Paṭisallāne, bhikkhave, yogamāpajjatha.“Mendicants, meditate in retreat.11.2Paṭisallīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.A mendicant in retreat truly understands.1.3Kiñca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti?What do they truly understand?

1.4‘Cakkhu aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;They truly understand that the eye is impermanent.1.5‘rūpā aniccā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;They truly understand that sights …1.6‘cakkhuviññāṇaṁ aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;eye consciousness …1.7‘cakkhusamphasso anicco’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe…eye contact …1.8‘yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is impermanent.

1.9Paṭisallāne, bhikkhave, yogamāpajjatha.Mendicants, meditate in retreat.1.10Paṭisallīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yathābhūtaṁ pajānātī”ti.A mendicant in retreat truly understands.”

1.11Sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. See SN 22.6:1.2 and note.

    ↩ sn35.100:1.1