{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.102/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.102","id":"suttacentral_sn22.102","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.102/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, when the perception of impermanence is developed and cultivated it eliminates all desire for sensual pleasures, for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, and for rebirth in a future life. It eliminates all ignorance and eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. In the autumn, a farmer ploughing with a large plough shears through all the root networks. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. A reed-cutter, having cut the reeds, grabs them at the top and shakes them down, shakes them about, and flails them about. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. When the stalk of a bunch of mangoes is cut, all the mangoes attached to the stalk will follow along. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. The rafters of a bungalow all lean to the peak, slope to the peak, and meet at the peak, so the peak is said to be the topmost of them all. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. Of all kinds of fragrant root, spikenard is said to be the best. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. Of all kinds of fragrant heartwood, red sandalwood is said to be the best. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. Of all kinds of fragrant flower, jasmine is said to be the best. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. All lesser kings are vassals of a wheel-turning monarch, so the wheel-turning monarch is said to be the foremost of them all. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. The radiance of all the stars is not worth a sixteenth part of the moon\u2019s radiance, so the moon\u2019s radiance is said to be the best of them all. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. In the autumn, the heavens are sunny and cloudless. And as the sun is rising to the firmament, having dispelled all the darkness of space, it shines and glows and dazzles. In the same way, when the perception of impermanence is developed and cultivated it eliminates all desire for sensual pleasures, for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, and for rebirth in a future life. It eliminates all ignorance and eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019. And how is the perception of impermanence developed and cultivated so that \u2026 it eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019? \u2018Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form. Such is feeling \u2026 Such is perception \u2026 Such are choices \u2026 Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.\u2019 That\u2019s how the perception of impermanence is developed and cultivated so that it eliminates all desire for sensual pleasures, for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, and for rebirth in a future life. That\u2019s how it eliminates all ignorance and eradicates all conceit \u2018I am\u2019.\u201d","title":"The Perception of Impermanence","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":569}