- Linked Discourses 35.147Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.147
- 15. The Old and the New15. Navapurāṇavagga
The Impermanent as Conducive to ExtinguishmentAniccanibbānasappāyasutta
“Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.“Nibbānasappāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paṭipadaṁ desessāmi. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha …pe…
And what is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment?katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā?
It’s when a mendicant sees that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are impermanent. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also impermanent.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhuṁ aniccanti passati, rūpā aniccāti passati, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ aniccanti passati, cakkhusamphasso aniccoti passati. Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccanti passati …pe…
They see that the ear … nose … tongue … body …jivhā aniccāti passati, rasā aniccāti passati, jivhāviññāṇaṁ aniccanti passati, jivhāsamphasso aniccoti passati, yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccanti passati …pe… mind, ideas, mind-consciousness, and mind contact are impermanent. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also impermanent.mano aniccoti passati, dhammā aniccāti passati, manoviññāṇaṁ aniccanti passati, manosamphasso aniccoti passati, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccanti passati.
This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā”ti.