The Buddha teaches on the end of relishing, applying the analysis of the five aggregates—form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—to insight and release.

SN 22.51 The End of Relishing

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Aniccaññeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu rūpaṁ aniccanti passati. Sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi. Sammā passaṁ nibbindati. Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo, rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo. Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.

Aniccaññeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vedanaṁ aniccanti passati. Sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi. Sammā passaṁ nibbindati. Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo, rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo. Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.

Aniccaññeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saññaṁ aniccanti passati …pe…

anicceyeva bhikkhave, bhikkhu saṅkhāre aniccāti passati. Sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi. Sammā passaṁ nibbindati. Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo, rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo. Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.

Aniccaññeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu viññāṇaṁ aniccanti passati. Sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi. Sammā passaṁ nibbindati. Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo, rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo. Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ suvimuttanti vuccatī”ti.

Navamaṁ.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

“Aniccaññeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu rūpaṁ aniccanti passati. Sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

“Mendicants, form really is impermanent. A mendicant sees that it is impermanent: that’s their right view.

Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.

Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo, rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.

When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.

Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.

When relishing and greed end, the mind is freed, and is said to be well freed.

Aniccaññeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vedanaṁ aniccanti passati. Sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

Feeling …

Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo, rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.

Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.

Aniccaññeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saññaṁ aniccanti passati …pe…

Perception …

anicceyeva bhikkhave, bhikkhu saṅkhāre aniccāti passati. Sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

Choices …

Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo, rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.

Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.

Aniccaññeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu viññāṇaṁ aniccanti passati. Sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

Consciousness really is impermanent. A mendicant sees that it is impermanent: that’s their right view.

Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.

Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo, rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.

When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.

Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ vimuttaṁ suvimuttanti vuccatī”ti.

When relishing and greed end, the mind is freed, and is said to be well freed.”

Navamaṁ.

Qualities:

Craving

Craving

A driving ‘thirst’ that reaches out toward experiences, identities, or outcomes as the place to find satisfaction—“if only I had that.” It spins stories of lack, binds the mind to becoming, and invariably leads to suffering.

Also known as: wanting, yearning, longing, lit. thirst
Pāli: taṇha, abhijjhā
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Delight

Delight

A mental quality of relishing and taking pleasure in what is experienced—especially in sensuality or the prospect of continued becoming. When it fastens onto gratification, it nourishes craving and keeps the mind circling around what it wants to experience again.

Also known as: relishing, enjoyment, taking pleasure
Pāli: nandi, ārāmatā
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Greed

Greed

A grasping mental quality of craving, possessiveness, or lustful wanting that clings to objects or experiences; it fuels attachment and obstructs renunciation and contentment

Also known as: acquisitiveness, avarice, covetousness, rapacity, money grabbing, grabbiness
Pāli: lobha, gedha
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Right view

Right view

View that is in line with the Dhamma — teachings of the Buddha that point to the nature of reality, the ultimate truth.

Also known as: right understanding, right belief, view that is inline with the Dhamma
Pāli: sammādiṭṭhi
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Wrong view

Wrong view

A distorted understanding that sees permanence in the impermanent, satisfaction in the unsatisfactory, or self in the not-self. Wrong view guides action by delusion, obscuring cause and effect, and closes the door to wisdom and release.

Also known as: distorted or inverted perception, untrue view, false belief
Pāli: micchādiṭṭhi
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Last updated on July 27, 2026