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SN 35.8

The Interior as Suffering in the Three Times

Ajjhattadukkhātītānāgatasutta

from: 1. Impermanence

The Interior as Suffering in the Three Times

“Mendicants, the eye of the past and future is suffering, let alone the present.

Seeing this, a learned noble disciple is not concerned with the eye of the past, they don’t look forward to enjoying the eye in the future, and they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye in the present. …”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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