The Buddha presents a repeated teaching on the six internal and external sense bases regarding the exterior and what’s impermanent in the three times in this grouped discourse.
“Rūpā, bhikkhave, aniccā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā. Yadaniccaṁ, taṁ dukkhaṁ. Yaṁ dukkhaṁ, tadanattā. Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ. Saddā … gandhā … rasā … phoṭṭhabbā … dhammā aniccā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā. Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ. Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā. Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Rūpā, bhikkhave, aniccā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā.
“Mendicants, in the past … future … present sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are impermanent.
Yadaniccaṁ, taṁ dukkhaṁ.
What’s impermanent is suffering. …”
Yaṁ dukkhaṁ, tadanattā.
Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
Saddā …
gandhā …
rasā …
phoṭṭhabbā …
dhammā aniccā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā.
Yadaniccaṁ taṁ dukkhaṁ.
Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā.
Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
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