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Desire, Etc. for the Impermanent Exterior

Bāhirāniccachandādisutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.177–179Linked Discourses 35.177–179
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3BāhirāniccachandādisuttaDesire, Etc. for the Impermanent Exterior

1.1“Yaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.“Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is impermanent.1.2Kiñca, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ?And what is impermanent?

1.3Rūpā, bhikkhave, aniccā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.Sights,1.4Saddā aniccā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.sounds,1.5Gandhā aniccā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.smells,1.6Rasā aniccā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.tastes,1.7Phoṭṭhabbā aniccā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.touches,1.8Dhammā aniccā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.and ideas are impermanent …”1.9Yaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo”ti.