Soattāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 351

[351] "What do you think, bhikkhus: is form (rūpa) permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent — is it suffering (dukkha) or happiness?" "Suffering, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change — could such a view as this arise without clinging to it: 'That is the self, that is the world; that I shall be after death — permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change'?" "Surely not, venerable sir." "Is feeling (vedanā) … perception … volitional formations … consciousness permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent — is it suffering or happiness?" "Suffering, venerable sir." "And that which is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change — could such a view as this arise without clinging to it: 'That is the self, that is the world; that I shall be after death — permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change'?" "Surely not, venerable sir." "Seeing thus … he understands: '… there is no further state of this kind.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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