{"id":"sn35.4","title":"The Exterior as Impermanent","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.4","title":"The Exterior as Impermanent","units":[{"id":"sn35.4:0","sourceIds":["sn35.4:0.1","sn35.4:0.2","sn35.4:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.4\n1. Aniccavagga\nBāhirāniccasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.4\n1. Impermanence\nThe Exterior as Impermanent"}},{"id":"sn35.4:1","sourceIds":["sn35.4:1.1","sn35.4:1.2","sn35.4:1.3","sn35.4:1.4","sn35.4:1.5","sn35.4:1.6","sn35.4:1.7","sn35.4:1.8","sn35.4:1.9","sn35.4:1.10","sn35.4:1.11","sn35.4:1.12","sn35.4:1.13","sn35.4:1.14","sn35.4:1.15","sn35.4:1.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rūpā, bhikkhave, aniccā.\nYadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ;\nyaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā.\nYadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.\nSaddā …\ngandhā …\nrasā …\nphoṭṭhabbā …\ndhammā aniccā.\nYadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ;\nyaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā.\nYadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.\nEvaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpesupi nibbindati, saddesupi nibbindati, gandhesupi nibbindati, rasesupi nibbindati, phoṭṭhabbesupi nibbindati, dhammesupi nibbindati.\nNibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.\n‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, sights are impermanent.\nWhat’s impermanent is suffering.\nWhat’s suffering is not-self.\nAnd 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.’\nSounds,\nsmells,\ntastes,\ntouches,\nand ideas are impermanent.\nWhat’s impermanent is suffering.\nWhat’s suffering is not-self.\nAnd 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.’\nSeeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas.\nBeing disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.\nThey understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.4/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}