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The Exterior and the End of Relishing

Bāhiranandikkhayasutta

Right view is seeing the exterior sense fields as they are, impermanent, and this leads to freedom.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.157Linked Discourses 35.157
  • 0.216. Nandikkhayavagga16. The End of Relishing

0.3BāhiranandikkhayasuttaThe Exterior and the End of Relishing

1.1“Anicceyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu rūpe aniccāti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.“Mendicants, sights really are impermanent. A mendicant sees that they are impermanent: that’s their right view.1.2Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.1.3Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.1.4rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.1.5Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.When relishing and greed end, the mind is said to be well freed.

1.6Anicceyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sadde …Sounds …1.7gandhe …Smells …1.8rase …Tastes …1.9phoṭṭhabbe …Touches …1.10dhamme aniccāti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.Ideas really are impermanent. A mendicant sees that they are impermanent: that’s their right view.1.11Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.1.12Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.1.13rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.1.14Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccatī”ti.When relishing and greed end, the mind is said to be well freed.”

1.15Dutiyaṁ.