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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: 42 of 44
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/42/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses III: The Aggregates · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Khandhavagga, section 42. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/42/"
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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.

## 42. With Vacchagotta · SN 33.21–25–33.46–50

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/42/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/42/#p-N

[¶0] SN 33.21–25 · Five Discourses on Not Penetrating Form, Etc.

> Pali: SN 33.21–25 · Rūpaappaṭivedhādisuttapañcaka

[¶1] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo …pe….

[¶2] “Vaccha, it is because of not penetrating form …”

> Pali: “Rūpe kho, vaccha, appaṭivedhā …pe… viññāṇe kho, vaccha, appaṭivedhā …pe….

[¶3] > Pali: Pañcavīsatimaṁ.

[¶4] SN 33.26–30 · Five Discourses on Not Distinguishing Form, Etc.

> Pali: SN 33.26–30 · Rūpaasallakkhaṇādisuttapañcaka

[¶5] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶6] “Vaccha, it is because of not distinguishing form …”

> Pali: “Rūpe kho, vaccha, asallakkhaṇā …pe… viññāṇe kho, vaccha, asallakkhaṇā …pe….

[¶7] > Pali: Tiṁsatimaṁ.

[¶8] SN 33.31–35 · Five Discourses on Not Detecting Form, Etc.

> Pali: SN 33.31–35 · Rūpaanupalakkhaṇādisuttapañcaka

[¶9] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶10] “Vaccha, it is because of not detecting form …”

> Pali: “Rūpe kho, vaccha, anupalakkhaṇā …pe… viññāṇe kho, vaccha, anupalakkhaṇā …pe….

[¶11] > Pali: Pañcatiṁsatimaṁ.

[¶12] SN 33.36–40 · Five Discourses on Not Differentiating Form, Etc.

> Pali: SN 33.36–40 · Rūpaappaccupalakkhaṇādisuttapañcaka

[¶13] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶14] “Vaccha, it is because of not differentiating form …”

> Pali: “Rūpe kho, vaccha, appaccupalakkhaṇā …pe… viññāṇe kho, vaccha, appaccupalakkhaṇā …pe…. Cattālīsamaṁ.

[¶15] SN 33.41–45 · Five Discourses on Not Examining Form, Etc.

> Pali: SN 33.41–45 · Rūpaasamapekkhaṇādisuttapañcaka

[¶16] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶17] “Vaccha, it is because of not examining form …”

> Pali: “Rūpe kho, vaccha, asamapekkhaṇā …pe… viññāṇe kho, vaccha, asamapekkhaṇā …pe…. Pañcacattālīsamaṁ.

[¶18] SN 33.46–50 · Five Discourses on Not Scrutinizing Form, Etc.

> Pali: SN 33.46–50 · Rūpaappaccupekkhaṇādisuttapañcaka

[¶19] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶20] “Vaccha, it is because of not scrutinizing form …”

> Pali: “Rūpe kho, vaccha, appaccupekkhaṇā …pe… viññāṇe kho, vaccha, appaccupekkhaṇā …pe….

[¶21] > Pali: Paññāsamaṁ.