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SN 35.147PTS SN 4.1331 min read

The Impermanent as Conducive to Extinguishment

Aniccanibbānasappāyasutta

The way suitable for realizing extinguishment is to contemplate the process of sense experience as impermanent.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.147Linked Discourses 35.147
  • 0.215. Navapurāṇavagga15. The Old and the New

0.3AniccanibbānasappāyasuttaThe Impermanent as Conducive to Extinguishment

1.1PTS 4.134“Nibbānasappāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paṭipadaṁ desessāmi.“Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.1.2Taṁ suṇātha …pe…Listen …

1.3katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā?And what is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment?

1.4Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhuṁ aniccanti passati, rūpā aniccāti passati, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ aniccanti passati, cakkhusamphasso aniccoti passati. Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccanti passati …pe…It’s when a mendicant sees that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are impermanent. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also impermanent.

1.5jivhā aniccāti passati, rasā aniccāti passati, jivhāviññāṇaṁ aniccanti passati, jivhāsamphasso aniccoti passati, yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccanti passati …pe…They see that the ear … nose … tongue … body …1.6mano aniccoti passati, dhammā aniccāti passati, manoviññāṇaṁ aniccanti passati, manosamphasso aniccoti passati, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccanti passati.mind, ideas, mind-consciousness, and mind contact are impermanent. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also impermanent.

1.7Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā”ti.This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”

1.8Dutiyaṁ.