SĀ 1.1 Impermanent
Translation
1. Thus I have heard:[1] One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
2. It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “You must observe that form is impermanent. Such observation then is right view.[2] Correctly observing it, you’ll become disillusioned. Being disillusioned, your delight and greed for it will end. When your delight and greed for it have ended, that’s said to be the mind’s liberation.
3. “Thus observe that feeling … perception … volition … consciousness is impermanent. Such observation then is right view. Correctly observing it, you’ll become disillusioned. Being disillusioned, your delight and greed for it will end. When your delight and greed for it have ended, that’s said to be the mind’s liberation.
4. “Thus, monks, if your mind is liberated and you want to realize it yourself, then you will realize this: ‘My births have been ended, the religious practice has been established, and the task has been accomplished. I myself know that I won’t be subject to a later existence.’”
5. The monks who heard what the Buddha taught then rejoiced and approved.
- ↑ This sūtra is parallel with SN 22.12 and SN 22.51. The next three sūtras are variants that follow this template while substituting the other three marks (‘painful,’ ‘empty,’ and ‘not self’) for ‘impermanent.’
- ↑ right view. Yinshun amends correct observation (正觀) to right view (正見) in this sūtra citing the parallel passages at SN 22.51 and SĀ 2.1.
