1. Aniccavagga

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.2

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1. Aniccavagga

1. Impermanence

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Ajjhattadukkhasutta

The Interior as Suffering

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“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.

“Mendicants, the eye is suffering.

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Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;

What’s suffering is not-self.

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yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

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Sotaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…

The ear,

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ghānaṁ dukkhaṁ …

nose,

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jivhā dukkhā …

tongue,

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kāyo dukkho …

body,

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mano dukkho.

and mind are suffering.

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Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;

What’s suffering is not-self.

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yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

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Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

Seeing this …

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nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

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Dutiyaṁ.