SN35:168 Desire for the Impermanent[n.160] Referring to the the following sixty suttas: In Pāli: “Saṭṭhipeyyāla.” Ee groups each triad of suttas under one sutta number, but Be and Se, which I follow, count each sutta separately. Thus by the end of this series our numbering schemes end respectively at 186 and 227.
Spk: These sixty suttas were spoken differently on account of the inclinations of those to be enlightened; thus they are all expounded separately by way of the person’s inclination (puggala-ajjhāsayavasena). At the end of each sutta sixty bhikkhus attained arahantship.
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1"Bhikkhus, you should abandon desire for whatever is impermanent. And what is impermanent? sn.iv.149 The eye is impermanent … The mind is impermanent; you should abandon desire for it. Bhikkhus, you should abandon desire for whatever is impermanent."
1"Yaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo. Kiñca, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ? Cakkhu, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ; tatra vo chando pahātabbo … pe … jivhā aniccā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo … pe … mano anicco; tatra vo chando pahātabbo. Yaṁ, bhikkhave, aniccaṁ, tatra vo chando pahātabbo"ti.