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SN 35.158PTS SN 4.1421 min read

Focus, the Interior, and the End of Relishing

Ajjhattaaniccanandikkhayasutta

Focusing properly on the interior sense fields you see them as they are and become free.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.158Linked Discourses 35.158
  • 0.216. Nandikkhayavagga16. The End of Relishing

0.3AjjhattaaniccanandikkhayasuttaFocus, the Interior, and the End of Relishing

1.1PTS 4.143“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, yoniso manasi karotha, cakkhāniccatañca yathābhūtaṁ samanupassatha.“Mendicants, rationally apply the mind to the eye. Truly see the impermanence of the eye.11.2Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yoniso manasikaronto, cakkhāniccatañca yathābhūtaṁ samanupassanto cakkhusmimpi nibbindati.When a mendicant does this, they grow disillusioned with the eye.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.

1.6Sotaṁ, bhikkhave, yoniso manasi karotha …Rationally apply the mind to the ear …1.7ghānaṁ …nose …1.8jivhaṁ, bhikkhave, yoniso manasi karotha, jivhāniccatañca yathābhūtaṁ samanupassatha.tongue …1.9Jivhaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yoniso manasikaronto, jivhāniccatañca yathābhūtaṁ samanupassanto jivhāyapi nibbindati.1.10Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;1.11rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.1.12Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.1.13Kāyaṁ …body …1.14manaṁ, bhikkhave, yoniso manasi karotha, manāniccatañca yathābhūtaṁ samanupassatha.mind. Truly see the impermanence of the mind.1.15Manaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yoniso manasikaronto, manāniccatañca yathābhūtaṁ samanupassanto manasmimpi nibbindati.When a mendicant does this, they grow disillusioned with the mind.1.16Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.1.17rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.1.18Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccatī”ti.When relishing and greed end, the mind is said to be well freed.”

1.19Tatiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Similar to SN 22.52.

    ↩ sn35.158:1.1