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Linked Discourses · SN 35.5

  • Linked Discourses 35.5Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.5
  • 1. Impermanence1. Aniccavagga

The Exterior as SufferingBāhiradukkhasutta

“Mendicants, sights are suffering.“Rūpā, bhikkhave, dukkhā. 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.

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  4. SN 35.11 The Exterior as Suffering in the Three Times 0.78near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.11 1. Impermanence The Exterior as Suffering in the Three Times “Mendicants, sights of the past and future are suffering, let alone the present. …”…
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