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Desire for the Impermanent Interior

Ajjhattaaniccachandasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.168Linked Discourses 35.168
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3AjjhattaaniccachandasuttaDesire for the Impermanent Interior

1.1PTS 4.149“Yaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo.“Mendicants, you should give up desire for what is impermanent.11.2Kiñca, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ?And what is impermanent?

1.3Cakkhu, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo …pe…The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are impermanent:1.4jivhā aniccā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo …pe…1.5mano anicco; tatra vo chando pahātabbo.you should give up desire for them.1.6Yaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo”ti.You should give up desire for what is impermanent.”

Translator’s notes

  1. This chapter is titled saṭṭhipeyyālavagga, “The Chapter of Sixty Abbreviated Texts”. I follow MS, BJT, and Bodhi, which give the full count of sixty. The PTS edition, by combining each triad of discourses as one, numbers only 19 discourses up to 186. Its numbering remains out of sync for the remainder of this Saṁyutta.

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