“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ atītaṁ anāgataṁ paccuppannaṁ …pe… jivhā dukkhā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā …pe… mano dukkho atīto anāgato paccuppanno.
Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
The Buddha presents a repeated teaching on the six internal and external sense bases regarding the interior as suffering in the three times in this grouped discourse.
SN 35.189-191 The Interior as Suffering in the Three Times
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ atītaṁ anāgataṁ paccuppannaṁ …pe… jivhā dukkhā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā …pe… mano dukkho atīto anāgato paccuppanno.
“Mendicants, in the past … future … present the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are suffering …”
Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave …pe…
nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
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