Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 35.86 — A Teaching In Brief

1Seated to one side, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha:

2“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”

3“What do you think, Ānanda? Is the eye permanent or impermanent?”

4“Impermanent, sir.”

5“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”

6“Suffering, sir.”

7“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”

8“No, sir.”

9“Are sights … eye consciousness … eye contact …

10The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact: is that permanent or impermanent?”

11“Impermanent, sir.”

12“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”

13“Suffering, sir.”

14“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”

15“No, sir.” …

16“Is the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind …

18The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact: is that permanent or impermanent?”

19“Impermanent, sir.”

20“But if it’s impermanent, is it suffering or happiness?”

21“Suffering, sir.”

22“But if it’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, is it fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”

23“No, sir.”

24“Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact. And they grow disillusioned with the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact.

25They grow disillusioned with the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind … painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact.

26Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.

27They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’”