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The Second Discourse on Impermanence
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At Sāvatthī.
"Materiality, monks, is impermanent.
What is impermanent, that is suffering;
what is suffering, that is non-self;
what is non-self, that - 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' - thus this should be seen as it really is with right wisdom.
Feeling is impermanent, etc.
Perception is impermanent,
Activities are impermanent,
consciousness is impermanent.
What is impermanent, that is suffering;
what is suffering, that is non-self;
what is non-self, that - 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' - thus this should be seen as it really is with right wisdom."
"For one seeing thus as it really is with right wisdom, views about the past do not arise. When views about the past are absent, views about the future do not arise. When views about the future are absent, obstinate adherence does not arise. When obstinate adherence is absent, in materiality, etc. in feeling, etc. in perception, in activities, in consciousness, the mind becomes dispassionate and becomes liberated from the mental corruptions by non-clinging. Being liberated, it is stable. Being stable, it is content. Being content, he is not agitated. Not being agitated, he personally attains final nibbāna. 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 fourth.