SN35:86 The Dhamma in Brief
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1Sitting to one side, the Venerable Ānanda said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, it would be good if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that, having heard the Dhamma from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute."
2"What do you think, Ānanda, is the eye permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
Complete as in §32, down to "there is no more for this state of being." sn.iv.55
1Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan"ti.
2"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, Ānanda, cakkhu niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti?
3"Aniccaṁ, bhante".
4"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā"ti?
5"Dukkhaṁ, bhante".
6"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ: ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’"ti?
7"No hetaṁ, bhante".
8"Rūpā niccā vā aniccā vā"ti?
9"Aniccā, bhante" … pe … .
10"Cakkhuviññāṇaṁ … pe … yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti?
11"Aniccaṁ, bhante".
12"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā"ti?
13"Dukkhaṁ, bhante".
14"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ: ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’"ti?
15"No hetaṁ, bhante" … pe … .
16"Jivhā niccā vā aniccā vā"ti?
17"Aniccā, bhante" … pe … .
18"Jivhāviññāṇaṁ … jivhāsamphasso … pe … yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti?
19"Aniccaṁ, bhante".
20"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā"ti?
21"Dukkhaṁ, bhante".
22"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, kallaṁ nu taṁ samanupassituṁ: ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’"ti?
23"No hetaṁ, bhante".
24"Evaṁ passaṁ, Ānanda, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati … pe … cakkhusamphassepi nibbindati … pe … yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tasmimpi nibbindati. Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti. ‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī"ti.
Tatiyaṁ.