SN 35.56PTS SN 4.321 min read

Giving Up Defilements

Āsavapahānasutta

A mendicant asks the Buddha how to see so as to give up the defilements. The Buddha says one should see the six interior and exterior sense fields as impermanent.

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

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.56Linked Discourses 35.56
0.26. Avijjāvagga6. Ignorance

0.3ĀsavapahānasuttaGiving Up Defilements

1.1“Kathaṁ nu kho, bhante, jānato, kathaṁ passato āsavā pahīyantī”ti …pe….“Sir, how does one know and see so that the defilements are given up?” …¹

1.2Catutthaṁ.

Translator’s notes

The “defilements” (āsava) are listed at SN 45.163.
↩ sn35.56:1.1