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  • Linked Discourses 35.140Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.140
  • 14. At Devadaha14. Devadahavagga

Interior and Cause Are ImpermanentAjjhattaaniccahetusutta

“Mendicants, the eye is impermanent.“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ. The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also impermanent.Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi anicco. Since the eye is produced by what is impermanent, how could it be permanent?Aniccasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto niccaṁ bhavissati …pe…

The ear … nose … tongue … body …jivhā aniccā. mind is impermanent.mano anicco. The cause and reason that gives rise to the mind is also impermanent.Yopi, bhikkhave, hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi anicco. Since the mind is produced by what is impermanent, 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 nothing further for this place.’”‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.143 Exterior and Cause Are Impermanent 0.69near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.143 14. At Devadaha Exterior and Cause Are Impermanent “Mendicants, sights are impermanent. The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also impermanent. Since sights are produced by what is im…
  2. SN 35.186 The Interior Was Impermanent in the Past 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.186 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts The Interior Was Impermanent in the Past “Mendicants, in the past the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind were impermanent. Seeing this, a learned noble disciple gr…
  3. SN 22.18 Impermanence With Its Cause 0.62near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.18 2. Impermanence Impermanence With Its Cause At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, form is impermanent. The cause and reason that gives rise to form is also impermanent. Since form is produced by what is imper…
  4. SN 35.168 Desire for the Impermanent Interior 0.59near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.168 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts Desire for the Impermanent Interior “Mendicants, you should give up desire for what is impermanent. And what is impermanent? The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind…
  5. SN 35.169 Greed for the Impermanent Interior 0.59near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.169 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts Greed for the Impermanent Interior “Mendicants, you should give up greed for what is impermanent. And what is impermanent? The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind a…