{"id":"sn35.86","title":"A Teaching In Brief","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.86","title":"A Teaching In Brief","units":[{"id":"sn35.86:0","sourceIds":["sn35.86:0.1","sn35.86:0.2","sn35.86:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.86\n9. Channavagga\nSaṅkhittadhammasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.86\n9. With Channa\nA Teaching In Brief"}},{"id":"sn35.86:1","sourceIds":["sn35.86:1.1","sn35.86:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.","en":"Seated to one side, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha:\n“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:2","sourceIds":["sn35.86:2.1","sn35.86:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, ānanda,\ncakkhu niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?","en":"“What do you think, Ānanda?\nIs the eye permanent or impermanent?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:3","sourceIds":["sn35.86:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Impermanent, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:4","sourceIds":["sn35.86:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?","en":"“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:5","sourceIds":["sn35.86:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Suffering, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:6","sourceIds":["sn35.86:6.1","sn35.86:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ:\n‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti?","en":"“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus:\n‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:7","sourceIds":["sn35.86:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“No hetaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“No, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:8","sourceIds":["sn35.86:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rūpā niccā vā aniccā vā”ti?","en":"“Are sights …"}},{"id":"sn35.86:9","sourceIds":["sn35.86:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccā, bhante” …pe…."}},{"id":"sn35.86:10","sourceIds":["sn35.86:10.1","sn35.86:10.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cakkhuviññāṇaṁ …pe…\nyampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?","en":"eye consciousness … eye contact …\nThe pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact: is that permanent or impermanent?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:11","sourceIds":["sn35.86:11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Impermanent, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:12","sourceIds":["sn35.86:12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?","en":"“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:13","sourceIds":["sn35.86:13.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Suffering, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:14","sourceIds":["sn35.86:14.1","sn35.86:14.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ:\n‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti?","en":"“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus:\n‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:15","sourceIds":["sn35.86:15.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“No hetaṁ, bhante” …pe….","en":"“No, sir.” …"}},{"id":"sn35.86:16","sourceIds":["sn35.86:16.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Jivhā niccā vā aniccā vā”ti?","en":"“Is the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind …"}},{"id":"sn35.86:17","sourceIds":["sn35.86:17.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccā, bhante” …pe…."}},{"id":"sn35.86:18","sourceIds":["sn35.86:18.1","sn35.86:18.2","sn35.86:18.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Jivhāviññāṇaṁ …\njivhāsamphasso …pe…\nyampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?","en":"The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact: is that permanent or impermanent?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:19","sourceIds":["sn35.86:19.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Impermanent, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:20","sourceIds":["sn35.86:20.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?","en":"“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:21","sourceIds":["sn35.86:21.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“Suffering, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:22","sourceIds":["sn35.86:22.1","sn35.86:22.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ:\n‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti?","en":"“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus:\n‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:23","sourceIds":["sn35.86:23.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“No hetaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“No, sir.”"}},{"id":"sn35.86:24","sourceIds":["sn35.86:24.1","sn35.86:24.2","sn35.86:24.3","sn35.86:24.4","sn35.86:24.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evaṁ passaṁ, ānanda, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati …pe… cakkhusamphassepi nibbindati …pe…\nyampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tasmimpi nibbindati.\nNibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.\n‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"“Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact. And they grow disillusioned with the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact.\nThey grow disillusioned with the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind … painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact.\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/sn35.86/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."}