Adukkhamasukhīattāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 462

[462] "What do you think, bhikkhus — is form permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, venerable sir." … "and subject to change — could such a view arise without clinging (upādāna) to it: 'The self (attā) is without pain and pleasure; it is unimpaired (aroga) after death'?" "No indeed, venerable sir." "Thus, bhikkhus, what is impermanent is suffering (dukkha); when that exists, it is by clinging to that that such a view (diṭṭhi) arises: 'The self is without pain and pleasure; it is unimpaired after death.' "Feeling (vedanā) … perception … volitional formations … Is consciousness permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, venerable sir." … "and subject to change — could such a view arise without clinging to it: 'The self is without pain and pleasure; it is unimpaired after death'?" "No indeed, venerable sir." "Thus, bhikkhus, what is impermanent is suffering; when that exists, it is by clinging to that that such a view arises: 'The self is without pain and pleasure; it is unimpaired after death.'" (The Third Repetition Series.) ______________ In the Diṭṭhisaṃyutta, the Fourth Repetition Series, the fourth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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