{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.4/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.4","id":"suttacentral_sn35.4","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.4/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, sights are 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 Sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are 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 sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas. 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 Exterior as Impermanent","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":138}