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Linked Discourses · SN 35.43–51

  • Linked Discourses 35.43–51Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.43–51
  • 5. All is Impermanent5. Sabbaaniccavagga

Nine on Impermanence, Etc.Aniccādisuttanavaka

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, all is impermanent.“sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ. And what is the all that is impermanent?Kiñca, bhikkhave, sabbaṁ aniccaṁ? The eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are impermanent.Cakkhu, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ, rūpā aniccā, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ, cakkhusamphasso anicco. And the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also impermanent.Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccaṁ …pe…

The ear … nose … tongue …jivhā aniccā, rasā aniccā, jivhāviññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ, jivhāsamphasso anicco. body …Kāyo anicco …pe… The mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact are impermanent.mano anicco, dhammā aniccā, manoviññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ, manosamphasso anicco. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also impermanent.Yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccaṁ.

Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned …Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati, rūpesupi nibbindati, cakkhuviññāṇepi nibbindati, cakkhusamphassepi nibbindati.

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.

“Mendicants, all is suffering. …”“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ …pe….

“Mendicants, all is not-self. …”“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, anattā …pe….

“Mendicants, all is to be directly known. …”“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, abhiññeyyaṁ …pe….

“Mendicants, all is to be completely understood. …”“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, pariññeyyaṁ …pe….

“Mendicants, all is to be given up. …”“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, pahātabbaṁ …pe….

“Mendicants, all is to be realized. …”“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, sacchikātabbaṁ …pe….

“Mendicants, all is to be directly known and completely understood. …”“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, abhiññāpariññeyyaṁ …pe….

“Mendicants, all is harried. …”“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, upaddutaṁ …pe….

Similar passages elsewhere

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

  1. SN 35.52 Contaminated 0.73near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.52 5. All is Impermanent Contaminated “Mendicants, all is contaminated. And what is the all that is contaminated? The eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are contaminated. And the pleasan…
  2. SN 22.15 That Which is Impermanent 0.58near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.15 2. Impermanence That Which is Impermanent At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, form is impermanent. What’s impermanent is suffering. What’s suffering is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen wit…
  3. SN 25.3 Consciousness 0.58near 0.1Linked Discourses 25.3 1. The Eye Consciousness At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, eye consciousness is impermanent, decaying, and perishing. Ear consciousness, nose consciousness, tongue consciousness, body consciousness, and mi…
  4. SN 25.4 Contact 0.57near 0.1Linked Discourses 25.4 1. The Eye Contact At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, eye contact is impermanent, decaying, and perishing. Ear contact, nose contact, tongue contact, body contact, and mind contact are impermanent, decaying…
  5. SN 35.1 The Interior as Impermanent 0.56near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.1 1. Impermanence The Interior as Impermanent So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,…