16. Nandikkhayavagga

16. The End of Relishing

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.156

Linked Discourses 35.156

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16. Nandikkhayavagga

16. The End of Relishing

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Ajjhattanandikkhayasutta

The Interior and the End of Relishing

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“Aniccaṁyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhuṁ aniccanti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

“Mendicants, the eye really is impermanent. A mendicant sees that it is impermanent: that’s their right view.

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Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.

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Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;

When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.

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rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.

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Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati …pe…

When relishing and greed end, the mind is said to be well freed.

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aniccaṁyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jivhaṁ aniccanti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

The ear … nose … tongue … body …

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Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

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Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;

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rāgakkhayā …pe…

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cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati …pe…

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aniccaṁyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu manaṁ aniccanti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

mind really is impermanent. A mendicant sees that it is impermanent: that’s their right view.

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Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.

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Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;

When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.

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rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.

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Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccatī”ti.

When relishing and greed end, the mind is said to be well freed.”

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Paṭhamaṁ.