- Linked Discourses 35.150Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.150
- 15. The Old and the New15. Navapurāṇavagga
A Practice Conducive to ExtinguishmentNibbānasappāyapaṭipadāsutta
“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?
What do you think, mendicants?Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, Is the eye permanent or impermanent?”cakkhu niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?
“Impermanent, sir.”“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.
“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?
“Suffering, sir.”“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.
“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus:“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti?
“No, sir.”“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“Are sights …“Rūpā niccā vā aniccā vā”ti? eye consciousness …“Cakkhuviññāṇaṁ … eye contact …cakkhusamphasso …pe…
The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact: is that permanent or impermanent?”yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?
“Impermanent, sir.”“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.
“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā”ti?
“Suffering, sir.”“Dukkhaṁ, bhante”.
“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus:“Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’”ti?
“No, sir.”“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact. And they grow disillusioned with the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact.“Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati, rūpesupi nibbindati, cakkhuviññāṇepi nibbindati, cakkhusamphassepi nibbindati …pe…
They grow disillusioned with the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind … painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact.yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tasmimpi nibbindati. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. …Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati …pe…
They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānāti.
This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā”ti.