The Buddha teaches that the arising, continuation, and manifestation of intentions regarding sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas is the arising of suffering, the continuation of disease, and the manifestation of old age and death—and that their cessation is the cessation of suffering.
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Yo kho, bhikkhave, rūpasañcetanāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe… jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe… yo dhammasañcetanāya uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo. Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpasañcetanāya nirodho …pe… jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe… yo dhammasañcetanāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.
Sattamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Yo kho, bhikkhave, rūpasañcetanāya uppādo ṭhiti …pe…
“Mendicants, the arising of intentions regarding sights …
jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo …pe…
yo dhammasañcetanāya uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo.
intentions regarding ideas … is the manifestation of old age and death.
Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpasañcetanāya nirodho …pe…
The cessation of intentions regarding sights …
jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo …pe…
yo dhammasañcetanāya nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, dukkhasseso nirodho, rogānaṁ vūpasamo, jarāmaraṇassa atthaṅgamo”ti.
intentions regarding ideas … is the disappearance of old age and death.”
Sattamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026