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Linked Discourses · SN 35.2

  • Linked Discourses 35.2Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.2
  • 1. Impermanence1. Aniccavagga

The Interior as SufferingAjjhattadukkhasutta

“Mendicants, the eye is suffering.“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ. What’s suffering is not-self.Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā; And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

The ear,Sotaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe… nose,ghānaṁ dukkhaṁ … tongue,jivhā dukkhā … body,kāyo dukkho … and mind are suffering.mano dukkho. What’s suffering is not-self.Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā; And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

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

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.3 The Interior as Not-Self 0.83near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.3 1. Impermanence The Interior as Not-Self “Mendicants, the eye is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not…
  2. SN 35.5 The Exterior as Suffering 0.79near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.5 1. Impermanence The Exterior as Suffering “Mendicants, sights are suffering. What’s suffering is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not…
  3. SN 35.204 The Interior and What’s Impermanent in the Past 0.76near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.204 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts The Interior and What’s Impermanent in the Past “Mendicants, in the past the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind were impermanent. What’s impermanent is suffering.…
  4. SN 35.4 The Exterior as Impermanent 0.76near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.4 1. Impermanence The Exterior as Impermanent “Mendicants, sights are impermanent. What’s impermanent is suffering. What’s suffering is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right u…
  5. SN 22.16 That Which is Suffering 0.69near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.16 2. Impermanence That Which is Suffering At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, form is suffering. What’s suffering is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘Thi…