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title: "Linked Discourses III: The Aggregates · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Khandhavagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 29 of 44
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/29/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses III: The Aggregates · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Khandhavagga, section 29. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/29/"
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# Linked Discourses III: The Aggregates · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Khandhavagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Form, feeling, perception, choices and consciousness: the five aggregates, and the teaching of not-self.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 29. The Third Round · SN 24.45–24.70

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/29/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/29/#p-N

[¶0] SN 24.45 · Winds

> Pali: SN 24.45 · Navātasutta

[¶1] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶2] “Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise: ‘Winds don’t blow; rivers don’t flow; pregnant women don’t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar’?”

> Pali: “Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘na vātā vāyanti, na najjo sandanti, na gabbhiniyo vijāyanti, na candimasūriyā udenti vā apenti vā esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā’”ti?

[¶3] “Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”

> Pali: “Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe….

[¶4] “When form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises: ‘Winds don’t blow; rivers don’t flow; pregnant women don’t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.’ When feeling … perception … choices … consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises: ‘Winds don’t blow; rivers don’t flow; pregnant women don’t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.’

> Pali: “Rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati, rūpaṁ upādāya, rūpaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati— na vātā vāyanti …pe… vedanāya sati … saññāya sati … saṅkhāresu sati … viññāṇe sati, viññāṇaṁ upādāya, viññāṇaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘na vātā vāyanti …pe… esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā’ti.

[¶5] What do you think, mendicants? Is form permanent or impermanent?”

> Pali: Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?

[¶6] “Impermanent, sir.” …

> Pali: “Aniccaṁ, bhante” …pe…

[¶7] “But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise: ‘Winds don’t blow; rivers don’t flow; pregnant women don’t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar’?”

> Pali: vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya: ‘na vātā vāyanti …pe… esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā’”ti?

[¶8] “No, sir.”

> Pali: “No hetaṁ, bhante”.

[¶9] “And so, what’s impermanent is suffering. When this exists, grasping at this, the view arises: ‘Winds don’t blow; rivers don’t flow; pregnant women don’t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.’ Is feeling … perception … choices … consciousness permanent or impermanent?”

> Pali: “Iti kho, bhikkhave, yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ. Tasmiṁ sati, tadupādāya, evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘na vātā vāyanti, na najjo sandanti, na gabbhiniyo vijāyanti, na candimasūriyā udenti vā apenti vā esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā’”ti. “Vedanā … saññā … saṅkhārā … viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?

[¶10] “Impermanent, sir.” …

> Pali: “Aniccaṁ, bhante” …pe… vipariṇāmadhammaṁ,

[¶11] > Pali: api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya: ‘na vātā vāyanti …pe… esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā’”ti? “No hetaṁ, bhante”.

[¶12] “And so, what’s impermanent is suffering. When this exists, grasping at this, the view arises: ‘Winds don’t blow; rivers don’t flow; pregnant women don’t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.’”

> Pali: “Iti kho, bhikkhave, yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ. Tasmiṁ sati, tadupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘na vātā vāyanti …pe… esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā’”ti.

[¶13] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ.

[¶14] SN 24.46–69 · This is Mine, etc.

> Pali: SN 24.46–69 · Etaṁmamādisutta

[¶15] (Tell in full as in discourses 20 through 43 of the second chapter.)

> Pali: (Dutiyavagge viya catuvīsati suttāni pūretabbāni.)

[¶16] > Pali: Pañcavīsatimaṁ.

[¶17] SN 24.70 · The Self is Neither Happy Nor Suffering

> Pali: SN 24.70 · Adukkhamasukhīsutta

[¶18] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶19] “Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise: ‘The self is neither happy nor suffering, and healthy after death’?”

> Pali: “Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘adukkhamasukhī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’”ti?

[¶20] “Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”

> Pali: “Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe….

[¶21] “When form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises: ‘The self is neither happy nor suffering, and is healthy after death.’ When feeling … perception … choices … consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises: ‘The self is neither happy nor suffering, and healthy after death.’

> Pali: “Rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati, rūpaṁ upādāya, rūpaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘adukkhamasukhī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’”ti. “Vedanāya sati …pe… saññāya sati … saṅkhāresu sati … viññāṇe sati, viññāṇaṁ upādāya, viññāṇaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘adukkhamasukhī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’ti.

[¶22] What do you think, mendicants? Is form permanent or impermanent?”

> Pali: Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?

[¶23] “Impermanent, sir.” …

> Pali: “Aniccaṁ, bhante” …pe… vipariṇāmadhammaṁ,

[¶24] > Pali: api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya: ‘adukkhamasukhī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’”ti? “No hetaṁ, bhante”.

[¶25] “And so, what’s impermanent is suffering. When this exists, grasping at this, the view arises: ‘The self is neither happy nor suffering, and is healthy after death.’ Is feeling … perception … choices … consciousness permanent or impermanent?”

> Pali: “Iti kho, bhikkhave, yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ. Tasmiṁ sati, tadupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘adukkhamasukhī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’”ti. “Vedanā …pe… saññā … saṅkhārā … viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?

[¶26] “Impermanent, sir.” …

> Pali: “Aniccaṁ, bhante” …pe… vipariṇāmadhammaṁ,

[¶27] “But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would such a view arise?”

> Pali: api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya: ‘adukkhamasukhī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’”ti?

[¶28] “No, sir.”

> Pali: “No hetaṁ, bhante”.

[¶29] “And so, what’s impermanent is suffering. When this exists, grasping at this, the view arises: ‘The self is neither happy nor suffering, and healthy after death.’”

> Pali: “Iti kho, bhikkhave, yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ. Tasmiṁ sati, tadupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati: ‘adukkhamasukhī attā hoti arogo paraṁ maraṇā’”ti. Chabbīsatimaṁ.

[¶30] > Pali: Tatiyapeyyālo.
