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SN 36.9PTS SN 4.2141 min read

Impermanent

Aniccasutta

The three feelings are impermanent.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.9Linked Discourses 36.9
  • 0.21. Sagāthāvagga1. With Verses

0.3AniccasuttaImpermanent

1.1“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā aniccā saṅkhatā paṭiccasamuppannā khayadhammā vayadhammā virāgadhammā nirodhadhammā.“Mendicants, these three feelings are impermanent, conditioned, dependently originated, liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease.1.2Katamā tisso?What three?

1.3Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.1.4imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vedanā aniccā saṅkhatā paṭiccasamuppannā khayadhammā vayadhammā virāgadhammā nirodhadhammā”ti.These are the three feelings that are impermanent, conditioned, dependently originated, liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease.”

1.5Navamaṁ.