Paṭhamasaññāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Sattakanipāta · Aṭṭhakanipāta · Navakanipāta · Vol. 23 · Section 45

[45] Bhikkhus, these seven perceptions (saññā), when developed and made much of, are of great fruit, of great benefit, merging in the deathless (amata), culminating in the deathless. What seven? The perception of foulness (asubhasaññā), the perception of death (maraṇasaññā), the perception of repulsiveness in nutriment (āhāre paṭikkūlasaññā), the perception of non-delight in the entire world (sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā), the perception of impermanence (aniccasaññā), the perception of suffering (dukkha) in what is impermanent (anicce dukkhasaññā), and the perception of non-self in what is suffering (dukkhe anattasaññā). These, bhikkhus, are the seven perceptions which, when developed and made much of, are of great fruit, of great benefit, merging in the deathless, culminating in the deathless.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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