Saṁyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṁyutta
1. Nakulapita Vagga

or Grouped Suttas
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
22. Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements
of Sensory Existence and Other Subjects
1. Kindred Sayings on Elements (Khandhā)

Sutta 10

Dutiya Atītānāgata-Paccuppanna Suttaṁ

Past, Future and Present (2)

 

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Thus have I heard:—

The Exalted One was staying at Sāvatthī.

The Exalted One thus addressed the brethren:

'Body, brethren, is an ill,
both in the past and in the future,
not to speak of the present.

So seeing, brethren,
the well-taught Ariyan disciple
cares not for a body that is past,
is not in love with a body to be,
and for the present body
seeks to be repelled by it,
seeks dispassion for it,
seeks the ceasing of it.

'Feeling, brethren, is an ill,
both in the past and in the future,
not to speak of the present.

So seeing, brethren,
the well-taught Ariyan disciple
cares not for feeling that is past,
is not in love with feeling to be,
and for the present feeling
seeks to be repelled by it,
seeks dispassion for it,
seeks the ceasing of it.

'Perception, brethren, is an ill,
both in the past and in the future,
not to speak of the present.

So seeing, brethren,
the well-taught Ariyan disciple
cares not for perception that is past,
is not in love with perception to be,
and for the present perception
seeks to be repelled by it,
seeks dispassion for it,
seeks the ceasing of it.

'The activities, brethren, are an ill,
both in the past and in the future,
not to speak of the present.

So seeing, brethren,
the well-taught Ariyan disciple
cares not for the activities that are past,
is not in love with the activities to be,
and for the present activities
seeks to be repelled by them,
seeks dispassion for them,
seeks the ceasing of them.

Again, consciousness is an ill,
both in the past and in the future,
not to speak of the present.

So seeing, brethren,
the well-taught Ariyan disciple
cares not for consciousness that is past,
is not in love with consciousnesses to be,
and for present consciousness
seeks to be repelled by it,
seeks dispassion for it,
seeks the ceasing of it.' "