7.
The Discourse on the Internal as Impermanent in the Past and Future
7.
"The eye, monks, is impermanent, whether past or future;
what then to say of the present!
Seeing thus, monks, a learned noble disciple is without longing for the past eye;
he does not delight in the future eye;
he is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of the present eye.
The ear is impermanent...
The nose is impermanent...
The tongue is impermanent, whether past or future;
what then to say of the present!
Seeing thus, monks, a learned noble disciple is without longing for the past tongue;
he does not delight in the future tongue;
he is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of the present tongue.
The body is impermanent... etc.
The mind is impermanent, whether past or future;
what then to say of the present!
Seeing thus, monks, a learned noble disciple is without longing for the past mind;
he does not delight in the future mind;
he is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of the present mind."
The seventh.