Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN18: Connected Discourses with Rahula

SN18:10 Aggregates

1… "What do you think, Rahula, is form … feeling … perception … volitional formations … consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." …

"Seeing thus, Rahula, the instructed noble disciple experiences revulsion towards form … revulsion towards consciousness. Experiencing revulsion, he becomes dispassionate … . He understands: ‘… there is no more for this state of being.’"

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, rāhula, rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti? "Aniccaṁ, bhante" … "vedanā … pe … saññā … saṅkhārā … viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti? "Aniccaṁ, bhante" …

"evaṁ passaṁ, rāhula, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpasmimpi nibbindati … pe … vedanāyapi nibbindati … saññāyapi nibbindati … saṅkhāresupi nibbindati … viññāṇasmimpi nibbindati; nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti. ‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī"ti.


Dasamaṁ.
Paṭhamo vaggo.

2Cakkhu rūpañca viññāṇaṁ,
samphasso vedanāya ca;
Saññā sañcetanā taṇhā,
dhātu khandhena te dasāti.

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