Saṁyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṁyutta
2. Anicca Vagga

Part III: The Book Called The Khandhā-Vagga Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and Other Subjects
Chapter XXII: Kindred Sayings on Elements (Khandhā)
Section 2: The Second on Impermanence

Sutta 21

Ānanda Suttaṁ

Ānanda

 

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Thus have I heard:—

The Exalted One was staying at Sāvatthī.

Then the venerable Ānanda came to the Exalted One,
saluted him
and sat down at one side.

As he thus sat,
the venerable Ānanda thus addressed the Exalted One:

"Lord, we hear the phrase 'Ceasing! Ceasing!'

By the ceasing of what natural states
is there said to be 'ceasing?'"

"Body, Ānanda, is impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen [24] because of (something).

It is a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.

By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'

■

"Feeling is impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen because of (something).

It is a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.

By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'

■

"Perception is impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen because of (something).

It is a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.

By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'

■

"The activities are impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen because of (something).

They are a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.

By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'

■

"Consciousness is impermanent,
conditioned,
arisen because of (something).

It is a vanishing thing,
a decaying thing,
a fading-out thing,
a ceasing thing.

By such ceasing
is there said to be 'ceasing.'

By the ceasing of these there is said to be 'ceasing.'"