Hetubāhirasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 224

[224] "Bhikkhus, forms are impermanent. Whatever cause, whatever condition there is for the arising of forms … that too is impermanent. Bhikkhus, when forms have arisen from what is impermanent, how could they be permanent? Sounds, odours, tastes, tangibles, and mental phenomena (dhammā) are impermanent. Whatever cause, whatever condition there is for the arising of mental phenomena, that too is impermanent. Bhikkhus, when mental phenomena have arisen from what is impermanent, how could they be permanent? "Seeing thus … he understands: '… there is no more for this state of being.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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