Tripiṭaka 1. Nakulapituvagga
1. Nakula’s Father
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“Upādāparitassanañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi anupādāaparitassanañca.
“Mendicants, I will teach you how grasping leads to anxiety, and how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety.
Idha, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati.
It’s when an unlearned ordinary person regards form like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’
Tassa rūpavipariṇāmaññathābhāvā uppajjanti sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.
which gives rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
viññāṇaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati.
consciousness like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’
Tassa taṁ viññāṇaṁ vipariṇamati aññathā hoti.
But that consciousness of theirs decays and perishes,
Tassa viññāṇavipariṇāmaññathābhāvā uppajjanti sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.
which gives rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
Kathañca, bhikkhave, anupādāaparitassanā hoti?
And how does not grasping lead to freedom from anxiety?
Idha, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassati.
It’s when a learned noble disciple regards form like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Tassa rūpavipariṇāmaññathābhāvā nuppajjanti sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.
it doesn’t give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
viññāṇaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti samanupassati.
consciousness like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Tassa taṁ viññāṇaṁ vipariṇamati aññathā hoti.
When that consciousness of theirs decays and perishes,
Tassa viññāṇavipariṇāmaññathābhāvā nuppajjanti sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.
it doesn’t give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, anupādāaparitassanā hotī”ti.
That’s how not grasping leads to freedom from anxiety.”
Aṭṭhamaṁ.