DiscoverSNSN 35–44SN 35SN 35.157

The Buddha teaches on the six sense bases regarding the exterior and the end of relishing, guiding disciples toward discernment of sense experience and release from clinging.

SN 35.157 The Exterior and the End of Relishing

“Anicceyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu rūpe aniccāti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi. Sammā passaṁ nibbindati. Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo; rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo. Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.

Anicceyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sadde … gandhe … rase … phoṭṭhabbe … dhamme aniccāti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi. Sammā passaṁ nibbindati. Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo; rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo. Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccatī”ti.

Dutiyaṁ.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Anicceyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu rūpe aniccāti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

“Mendicants, sights really are impermanent. A mendicant sees that they are impermanent: that’s their right view.

Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.

Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;

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

rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.

Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccati.

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

Anicceyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sadde …

Sounds …

gandhe …

Smells …

rase …

Tastes …

phoṭṭhabbe …

Touches …

dhamme aniccāti passati, sāssa hoti sammādiṭṭhi.

Ideas really are impermanent. A mendicant sees that they are impermanent: that’s their right view.

Sammā passaṁ nibbindati.

Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.

Nandikkhayā rāgakkhayo;

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

rāgakkhayā nandikkhayo.

Nandirāgakkhayā cittaṁ suvimuttanti vuccatī”ti.

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

Dutiyaṁ.

Qualities:

Craving

Craving

☁️ dark quality

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

☁️ dark quality

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

☁️ dark quality

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

☀️ bright quality

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

☁️ dark quality

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

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