7.
The Discourse on the Internal Impermanent Cause
140.
"The eye, monks, is impermanent.
Whatever cause, whatever condition there is for the arising of the eye, that too is impermanent.
The eye arisen from the impermanent, monks, how could it be permanent? Etc.
The tongue is impermanent.
Whatever cause, whatever condition there is for the arising of the tongue, that too is impermanent.
The tongue arisen from the impermanent, monks, how could it be permanent? Etc.
The mind is impermanent.
Whatever cause, monks, whatever condition there is for the arising of the mind, that too is impermanent.
The mind arisen from the impermanent, monks, how could it be permanent!
Seeing thus, monks, a learned noble disciple becomes disenchanted with the eye, etc.
becomes disenchanted with the tongue, etc.
being disenchanted, he becomes dispassionate;
through dispassion, he becomes liberated;
when liberated, there is the knowledge: 'Liberated.'
He understands: 'Birth is eliminated, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming back to any state of being.'"
The seventh.