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SN 35.186PTS SN 4.1511 min read

The Interior Was Impermanent in the Past

Ajjhattātītāniccasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.186Linked Discourses 35.186
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3AjjhattātītāniccasuttaThe Interior Was Impermanent in the Past

1.1“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ atītaṁ …pe… jivhā aniccā atītā …pe… mano anicco atīto.“Mendicants, in the past the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind were impermanent.

1.2Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati …pe… jivhāyapi nibbindati …pe… manasmimpi nibbindati.Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.1.3Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.

1.4‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’”