Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ III: Paññāsaka Tatiya
5. Nava-Purāṇa Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Third Fifty
5. New and Old
Suttas 146-149 [WP: #147-150]
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Sutta 146 [WP: #147]
Paṭhama Sappāya Suttaɱ
Suitable for Attaining Nibbana 1
[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, I will teach you the way that is suitable for attaining Nibbāna.
Listen to that. ...
"And what, bhikkhus, is the way that is suitable for attaining Nibbāna?
Here, a bhikkhu sees the eye as impermanent, he sees forms as impermanent, he sees eye-consciousness as impermanent, he sees eye-contact as impermanent, he sees as impermanent whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition, whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant.
"He sees the ear as impermanent ... [134] ...
He sees the mind as impermanent, he sees mental phenomena as impermanent, he sees mind-consciousness as impermanent, he sees mind-contact as impermanent, he sees as impermanent whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition, whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant.
"This, bhikkhus, is the way that is suitable for attaining Nibbāna."
Sutta 147-148 [WP: #148-149]
Suitable for Attaining Nibbana 2-3
(Same as preceding sutta, with "suffering." and "nonself." substituted for "impermanent.")
Sutta 149 [WP: #150]
Catuttha Sappāya Suttaɱ
Suitable for Attaining Nibbana 4
[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, I will teach the way that is suitable for attaining Nibbāna.
Listen to that. ...
"What do you think, bhikkhus, is the eye permanent or impermanent?" ...
(all as in §32) ...
"Seeing thus ... [136] He understands:
'... there is no more for this state of being.'
"This, bhikkhus, is the way that is suitable for attaining Nibbāna."
