Linked Discourses 22.16 2. Impermanence That Which is Suffering (SN22.16)

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.

“Mendicants, form is suffering.

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Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;

What’s suffering is not-self.

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yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

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.’

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Vedanā dukkhā …

Feeling is suffering …

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saññā dukkhā …

Perception is suffering …

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saṅkhārā dukkhā …

Choices are suffering …

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viññāṇaṁ dukkhaṁ.

Consciousness is suffering.

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Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;

What’s suffering is not-self.

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yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

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.’

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Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

Seeing this …

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nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.

They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

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Pañcamaṁ.