Linked Discourses 35.2 1. Impermanence The Interior as Suffering (SN35.2)

1.1

“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.

“Mendicants, the eye is suffering.

1.2

Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;

What’s suffering is not-self.

1.3

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.’

1.4

Sotaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…

The ear,

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ghānaṁ dukkhaṁ …

nose,

1.6

jivhā dukkhā …

tongue,

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kāyo dukkho …

body,

1.8

mano dukkho.

and mind are suffering.

1.9

Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;

What’s suffering is not-self.

1.10

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.’

1.11

Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

Seeing this …

1.12

nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

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

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Dutiyaṁ.