Substantial RealitySakkāyasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, I will teach you substantial reality, the origin of substantial reality, the cessation of substantial reality, and the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.“Sakkāyañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sakkāyasamudayañca sakkāyanirodhañca sakkāyanirodhagāminiñca paṭipadaṁ. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha.

And what is substantial reality?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyo? It should be said: the five grasping aggregates.Pañcupādānakkhandhātissa vacanīyaṁ. What five?Katame pañca? That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.Seyyathidaṁ—rūpupādānakkhandho, vedanupādānakkhandho, saññupādānakkhandho, saṅkhārupādānakkhandho, viññāṇupādānakkhandho. This is called substantial reality.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sakkāyo.

And what is the origin of substantial reality?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyasamudayo? It’s the craving that leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights. That is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for continued existence, and craving for nonexistence.Yāyaṁ taṇhā ponobhavikā …pe… This is called the origin of substantial reality.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sakkāyasamudayo.

And what is the cessation of substantial reality?Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodho? It’s the fading away and cessation of that very same craving no residue left behind; giving it away, letting it go, releasing it, and not clinging to it.Yo tassāyeva taṇhāya …pe… This is called the cessation of substantial reality.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodho.

And what is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo. right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi. This is called the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.”Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā”ti.