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Linked Discourses 35.140 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.140

14. At Devadaha – 14. Devadahavagga

SN 35.140 Interior and Cause Are Anicca – Ajjhattaaniccahetusutta

 

“Bhikkhū, the eye is anicca.

“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ.

The cause and condition that gives rise to the eye is also anicca.

Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi anicco.

Since the eye is produced by what is anicca, how could it be permanent?

Aniccasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto niccaṁ bhavissati …pe…

The ear … nose … tongue … body …

jivhā aniccā.

 

Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo jivhāya uppādāya sopi anicco.

 

Aniccasambhūtā, bhikkhave, jivhā kuto niccā bhavissati …pe…

mind is anicca.

mano anicco.

The cause and condition that gives rise to the mind is also anicca.

Yopi, bhikkhave, hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi anicco.

Since the mind is produced by what is anicca, how could it be permanent?

Aniccasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto nicco bhavissati.

Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.

Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati …pe… jivhāyapi nibbindati …pe… manasmimpi nibbindati,

Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.

nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.

They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is no return to any state of existence.’”

‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.