Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
10. Puppha 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
10. On Flowers
Sutta 98
Suddhika (or Samuddaka) Suttaṃ
Putitan (or Oceanic)[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1][bodh][olds] Thus have I heard:
The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then a certain brother came to the Exalted One,
saluted him
and sat down at one side.
So seated, that brother thus addressed the Exalted One:
"Pray, lord, is there any body
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast?
Pray, lord, is there any feeling
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast?
Pray, lord, is there any perception
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast?
Pray, lord, is there any activities
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast?
Pray, lord, is there any consciousness
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast?"
§
"No, brother, there is no material form
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast.
There is no feeling
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast.
There is no perception
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast.
There are no activities
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast.
There is no consciousness
that is permanent,
stable,
by nature lasting,
unchanging,
like unto the eternal,
so that thus it will stand fast."
§
[1] Suddhikaṇ or Samuddakaṇ. The name of a section at S. i, 165, so called after a fastidious brahmin, Suddhiko. But the subject of purity is not referred to here, and it is not clear why such a title is assigned. There is some confusion in the text between suddhikaṇ and suddkakaṇ. So at Bk. viii. infra we should read the former.
