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SN 35.204PTS SN 4.1521 min read

The Interior and What’s Impermanent in the Past

Ajjhattātītayadaniccasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.204Linked Discourses 35.204
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3AjjhattātītayadaniccasuttaThe Interior and What’s Impermanent in the Past

1.1PTS 4.153“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ atītaṁ.“Mendicants, in the past the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind were impermanent.1.2Yadaniccaṁ, taṁ dukkhaṁ.What’s impermanent is suffering.1.3Yaṁ dukkhaṁ, tadanattā.What’s suffering is not-self.1.4Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ …pe…And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’ …”1.5jivhā aniccā atītā.1.6Yadaniccaṁ, taṁ dukkhaṁ.1.7Yaṁ dukkhaṁ, tadanattā.1.8Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ …pe…1.9mano anicco atīto.1.10Yadaniccaṁ, taṁ dukkhaṁ.1.11Yaṁ dukkhaṁ, tadanattā.1.12Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

1.13Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…1.14nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.