{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.162/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.162","id":"suttacentral_sn35.162","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.162/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then Venerable Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita went up to the Buddha \u2026 and asked him, \u201cSir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cKo\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, you should give up desire for what is impermanent. And what is impermanent? The eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are impermanent: you should give up desire for them. The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also impermanent: you should give up desire for it. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026. The mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact are impermanent: you should give up desire for them. The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also impermanent: you should give up desire for it. Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, you should give up desire for what is impermanent.\u201d","title":"With Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita on Impermanence","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":145}