Linked Discourses 22.32 3. The Burden Brittle (SN22.32)

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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“Pabhaṅguñca, bhikkhave, desessāmi appabhaṅguñca.

“Mendicants, I will teach you what is brittle and what is not brittle.

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Taṁ suṇātha.

Listen …

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Kiñca, bhikkhave, pabhaṅgu, kiṁ appabhaṅgu?

And what is brittle? What is not brittle?

1.5

Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, pabhaṅgu.

Form is brittle,

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Yo tassa nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, idaṁ appabhaṅgu.

but its cessation, settling, and disappearance is not brittle.

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Vedanā pabhaṅgu.

Feeling …

1.8

Yo tassā nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, idaṁ appabhaṅgu.

1.9

Saññā pabhaṅgu …

perception …

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saṅkhārā pabhaṅgu.

choices …

1.11

Yo tesaṁ nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, idaṁ appabhaṅgu.

1.12

Viññāṇaṁ pabhaṅgu.

consciousness is brittle,

1.13

Yo tassa nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, idaṁ appabhaṅgū”ti.

but its cessation, settling, and disappearance is not brittle.”

1.14

Ekādasamaṁ.

1.15

Bhāravaggo tatiyo.

2.0

Tassuddānaṁ

2.1

Bhāraṁ pariññaṁ abhijānaṁ,

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chandarāgaṁ catutthakaṁ;

2.3

Assādā ca tayo vuttā,

2.4

abhinandanamaṭṭhamaṁ;

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Uppādaṁ aghamūlañca,

2.6

ekādasamo pabhaṅgūti.