True DhammaLibrary · Community
SN 35.58PTS SN 4.321 min read

Giving Up Tendencies

Anusayapahānasutta

A mendicant asks the Buddha how to see so as to give up the underlying tendencies. 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 35.58Linked Discourses 35.58
  • 0.26. Avijjāvagga6. Ignorance

0.3AnusayapahānasuttaGiving Up Tendencies

1.1“Kathaṁ nu kho …pe… anusayā pahīyantī”ti …pe….“Sir, how does one know and see so that the underlying tendencies are given up?” …1

1.2Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The “underlying tendencies” (anusaya) are enumerated at SN 45.175.

    ↩ sn35.58:1.1