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SN 35.216–2181 min read

The Exterior and What’s Suffering in the Three Times

Bāhirātītādiyaṁdukkhasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.216–218Linked Discourses 35.216–218
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3BāhirātītādiyaṁdukkhasuttaThe Exterior and What’s Suffering in the Three Times

1.1PTS 4.155“Rūpā, bhikkhave, dukkhā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā.“Mendicants, in the past … future … present sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are suffering.1.2Yaṁ dukkhaṁ, tadanattā.What’s suffering is not-self …”1.3Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.1.4Saddā …1.5gandhā …1.6rasā …1.7phoṭṭhabbā …1.8dhammā dukkhā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā.1.9Yaṁ dukkhaṁ, tadanattā.1.10Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

1.11Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…1.12nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.