- 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.