{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn24.45/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn24.45","id":"suttacentral_sn24.45","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn24.45/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar\u2019?\u201d \u201cOur teachings are rooted in the Buddha. \u2026\u201d \u201cWhen form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.\u2019 When feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.\u2019 What do you think, mendicants? Is form permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u2026 \u201cBut by not grasping what\u2019s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would the view arise: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cAnd so, what\u2019s impermanent is suffering. When this exists, grasping at this, the view arises: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.\u2019 Is feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness permanent or impermanent?\u201d \u201cImpermanent, sir.\u201d \u2026 \u201cAnd so, what\u2019s impermanent is suffering. When this exists, grasping at this, the view arises: \u2018Winds don\u2019t blow; rivers don\u2019t flow; pregnant women don\u2019t give birth; the moon and stars neither rise nor set, but stand firm like a pillar.\u2019\u201d","title":"Winds","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":282}