Sappāyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 235

[235] "Bhikkhus, I shall teach you the way of practice suitable for Nibbāna (nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā). Listen to it. … And what, bhikkhus, is that way of practice suitable for Nibbāna? "What do you think, bhikkhus — is the eye 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 — is it fitting to regard it thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?" "No indeed, venerable sir." "Are forms permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, venerable sir." "Eye-consciousness … eye-contact … Whatever feeling (vedanā) arises with mind-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — is that too 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 — is it fitting to regard it thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?" "No indeed, venerable sir." "Seeing thus, bhikkhus, the instructed noble disciple becomes disenchanted with the eye, becomes disenchanted with forms, becomes disenchanted with eye-consciousness … Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — he becomes disenchanted with that too. Being disenchanted, he becomes dispassionate; through dispassion he is liberated … He understands: 'There is no more coming to any state of being.' This indeed, bhikkhus, is that way of practice suitable for Nibbāna." The Fifth [sutta].

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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