Aṅguttara Nikāya — Discursos Numerados — 4.49 — Perversions

1“Mendicants, there are these four perversions of perception, thought, and view. What four?

2Taking impermanence as permanence.

3Taking suffering as happiness.

4Taking not-self as self.

5Taking ugliness as beauty.

6These are the four perversions of perception, thought, and view.

7There are these four corrections of perception, thought, and view. What four?

8Taking impermanence as impermanence.

9Taking suffering as suffering.

10Taking not-self as not-self.

11Taking ugliness as ugliness.

12These are the four corrections of perception, thought, and view.

13Perceiving impermanence as permanence,
suffering as happiness,
not-self as self,
and ugliness as beauty—
sentient beings are ruined by wrong view,
deranged, out of their minds.

14Yoked by Māra’s yoke, these people
find no sanctuary from the yoke.
Sentient beings continue to transmigrate,
with ongoing birth and death.

15But when the Buddhas arise
in the world, those beacons
reveal this teaching,
that leads to the stilling of suffering.

16When a wise person hears them,
they get their mind back.
Seeing impermanence as impermanence,
suffering as suffering,

17not-self as not-self,
and ugliness as ugliness—
taking up right view,
they’ve risen above all suffering.”