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Linked Discourses 35.2 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.2

1. Anicca – 1. Aniccavagga

SN 35.2 The Interior as Suffering – Ajjhattadukkhasutta

 

“Bhikkhū, the eye is suffering.

“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.

What’s suffering is not-self.

Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;

And 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.’

yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

The ear,

Sotaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…

nose,

ghānaṁ dukkhaṁ …

tongue,

jivhā dukkhā …

body,

kāyo dukkho …

and mind are suffering.

mano dukkho.

What’s suffering is not-self.

Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;

And 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.’

yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

Seeing this …

Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”

nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.