{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.1","id":"suttacentral_sn35.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, \u201cMendicants!\u201d \u201cVenerable sir,\u201d they replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cMendicants, the eye is impermanent. What\u2019s impermanent is suffering. What\u2019s suffering is not-self. And what\u2019s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: \u2018This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.\u2019 The ear is impermanent. \u2026 The nose is impermanent. \u2026 The tongue is impermanent. \u2026 The body is impermanent. \u2026 The mind is impermanent. What\u2019s impermanent is suffering. What\u2019s suffering is not-self. And what\u2019s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: \u2018This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.\u2019 Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they\u2019re freed. When they\u2019re freed, they know they\u2019re freed. They understand: \u2018Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.\u2019\u201d","title":"The Interior as Impermanent","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":189}