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Linked Discourses · SN 35.143

  • Linked Discourses 35.143Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.143
  • 14. At Devadaha14. Devadahavagga

Exterior and Cause Are ImpermanentBāhirāniccahetusutta

“Mendicants, sights are impermanent.“Rūpā, bhikkhave, aniccā. The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also impermanent.Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo rūpānaṁ uppādāya, sopi anicco. Since sights are produced by what is impermanent, how could they be permanent?Aniccasambhūtā, bhikkhave, rūpā kuto niccā bhavissanti.

Sounds …Saddā …

Smells …gandhā …

Tastes …rasā …

Touches …phoṭṭhabbā …

Ideas are impermanent.dhammā aniccā. The cause and reason that gives rise to ideas is also impermanent.Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo dhammānaṁ uppādāya, sopi anicco. Since ideas are produced by what is impermanent, how could they be permanent?Aniccasambhūtā, bhikkhave, dhammā kuto niccā bhavissanti.

Seeing this …Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. SN 35.140 Interior and Cause Are Impermanent 0.69near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.140 14. At Devadaha Interior and Cause Are Impermanent “Mendicants, the eye is impermanent. The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also impermanent. Since the eye is produced by what is i…
  2. SN 22.18 Impermanence With Its Cause 0.67near 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…
  3. SN 35.144 Exterior and Cause Are Suffering 0.66near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.144 14. At Devadaha Exterior and Cause Are Suffering “Mendicants, sights are suffering. The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also suffering. Since sights are produced by what is sufferin…
  4. SN 35.145 Exterior and Cause Are Not-Self 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.145 14. At Devadaha Exterior and Cause Are Not-Self “Mendicants, sights are not-self. The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also not-self. Since sights are produced by what is not-self, h…
  5. SN 35.225 The Exterior as Impermanent 0.59near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.225 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts The Exterior as Impermanent “Mendicants, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are impermanent. Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further…