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Linked Discourses · SN 35.91

  • Linked Discourses 35.91Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.91
  • 9. With Channa9. Channavagga

Turbulence (2nd)Dutiyaejāsutta

“Mendicants, turbulence is a disease, a boil, a dart.“Ejā, bhikkhave, rogo, ejā gaṇḍo, ejā sallaṁ. That’s why the Realized One lives unperturbed, with dart drawn out.Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, tathāgato anejo viharati vītasallo.

Now, a mendicant might wish: ‘May I live unperturbed, with dart drawn out.’Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cepi ākaṅkheyya ‘anejo vihareyyaṁ vītasallo’ti,

So let them not conceive anything to be the eye, let them not conceive it in the eye, let them not conceive it as the eye, let them not conceive that ‘the eye is mine.’cakkhuṁ na maññeyya, cakkhusmiṁ na maññeyya, cakkhuto na maññeyya, cakkhu meti na maññeyya; Let them not conceive sights …rūpe na maññeyya … eye consciousness …cakkhuviññāṇaṁ … eye contact …cakkhusamphassaṁ … Let them not conceive anything to be the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact. Let them not conceive it in that, let them not conceive it as that, and let them not conceive that ‘that is mine.’yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññeyya, tasmimpi na maññeyya, tatopi na maññeyya, taṁ meti na maññeyya. For whatever you conceive it to be, whatever you conceive it in, whatever you conceive it as, and whatever you conceive to be ‘mine’: that becomes something else.Yañhi, bhikkhave, maññati, yasmiṁ maññati, yato maññati, yaṁ meti maññati, tato taṁ hoti aññathā. The world is attached to being, taking pleasure only in being, yet it becomes something else.Aññathābhāvī bhavasatto loko bhavameva abhinandati …pe….

Let them not conceive anything to be the ear … nose … tongue … body …Jivhaṁ na maññeyya, jivhāya na maññeyya, jivhāto na maññeyya, jivhā meti na maññeyya;

Let them not conceive anything to be the mind …Manaṁ na maññeyya, manasmiṁ na maññeyya, manato na maññeyya, mano meti na maññeyya … mind consciousness …manoviññāṇaṁ … mind contact …manosamphassaṁ … Let them not conceive anything to be the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact. Let them not conceive it in that, let them not conceive it as that, and let them not conceive that ‘that is mine.’yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññeyya, tasmimpi na maññeyya, tatopi na maññeyya, taṁ meti na maññeyya. For whatever you conceive it to be, whatever you conceive it in, whatever you conceive it as, and whatever you conceive to be ‘mine’: that becomes something else.Yañhi, bhikkhave, maññati, yasmiṁ maññati, yato maññati, yaṁ meti maññati, tato taṁ hoti aññathā. The world is attached to being, taking pleasure only in being, yet it becomes something else.Aññathābhāvī bhavasatto loko bhavameva abhinandati.

As far as the aggregates, elements, and sense fields extend, they don’t conceive anything to be that, they don’t conceive it in that, they don’t conceive it as that, and they don’t conceive that ‘that is mine.’Yāvatā, bhikkhave, khandhadhātuāyatanā tampi na maññeyya, tasmimpi na maññeyya, tatopi na maññeyya, taṁ meti na maññeyya.

Not conceiving, they don’t grasp at anything in the world.So evaṁ amaññamāno na kiñci loke upādiyati. Not grasping, they’re not anxious. Not being anxious, they personally become extinguished.Anupādiyaṁ na paritassati. Aparitassaṁ paccattaññeva parinibbāyati.

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.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.31 The Practice Conducive to Uprooting (1st) 0.98near 3.5For whatever you conceive it to be, whatever you conceive it in, whatever you conceive it as, and whatever you conceive to be ‘mine’: that becomes something else. The world is attached to being, taking pleasure only in b…
  2. SN 35.90 Turbulence (1st) 0.96near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.90 9. With Channa Turbulence (1st) “Mendicants, turbulence is a disease, a boil, a dart. That’s why the Realized One lives unperturbed, with dart drawn out. Now, a mendicant might wish: ‘May I live u…
  3. SN 35.30 The Practice Fit for Uprooting 0.65near 3.5Not conceiving, they don’t grasp at anything in the world. Not grasping, they’re not anxious. Not being anxious, they personally become extinguished. They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been com…