Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
3. Bhāra Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and other Subjects
22. Kindred Sayings on Elements
3. On the Burden
Sutta 32
Pabhangu Suttaṃ
The Corruptible[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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The Exalted One was staying at Sāvatthī.
The Exalted One said:
"I will teach you, brethren, the corruptible and the incorruptible.
Do ye listen to it.
And what, brethren, is the corruptible, and what the incorruptible?
Body, brethren, is corruptible.
The ceasing,
the sinking of it to rest,[2]
the coming to an end of it,
that is the incorruptible.
Feeling, brethren, is corruptible.
The ceasing,
the sinking of it to rest,
the coming to an end of it,
that is the incorruptible.
Perception, brethren, is corruptible.
The ceasing,
the sinking of it to rest,
the coming to an end of it,
that is the incorruptible.
is corruptible, likewise
The activities, brethren, are corruptible.
The ceasing,
the sinking of them to rest,
the coming to an end of them,
that is the incorruptible.
Consciousness, brethren, is corruptible.
The ceasing,
the sinking of it to rest,
the coming to an end of it,
that is the incorruptible.
[1] Pobhangu, or brittle. Cf. S. v, 92, where the word is used of gold. Comy. pabhijjana sabhāvaṃ, 'of the nature to crumble away.'
[2] Cf. K.S. ii, 44 and n. [Ed.: ?] Expos. ii, 489; M. i, 140; Nidd. ii, 438; Pap. 234, all of which passages add dīgha-rattaṃ. Comy., 'by putting away desire and lust.'
