THE GREAT CHRONICLE OF BUDDHAS
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Buddha: ‚Should the impermanent, unsatisfactory and changeable mind and matter
called ‘object of ideation’ be taken falsely (through craving) as ‘mine’,
(through conceit) as ‘I’ and (through wrong view) as ‘my self’?‛
RÈhula: ‚No, Venerable Sir.‛
(3) Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?‛
Is mind-consciousness (
mÈno
-
vinnÈna
) permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Is the impermanent mind consciousness unsatisfactory or satisfactory?‛
RÈhula: ‚Unsatisfactory, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Should the impermanent, unsatisfactory and changeable mind consciousness
be taken falsely (through craving) as ‘mine’, (through conceit) as ‘I’, and
(through wrong view) ‘my self’?‛
RÈhula: ‚No, Venerable Sir.‛
(4) Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Is mind contact or contact depending on the mind (
mano-samphassa
)
permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Is the impermanent mind contact unsatisfactory or satisfactory?‛
RÈhula: ‚Unsatisfactory, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Should the impermanent, unsatisfactory and changeable mind-contact be
taken falsely (through craving) as ‘mine’, (through conceit) as ‘I’, and
(through wrong view) as ‘my self’?‛
RÈhula: ‚No, Venerable Sir.‛
(5) Buddha: ‚My dear son RÈhula, how do you think of what I am going to ask you now?
Are the four mental aggregates, such as sensation (
vedanÈ
), perception
(
saÒÒÈ
), mental formations (
sa~khÈra
) and consciousness (
viÒÒÈÓa
), arising
from mind-contact (
mano-samphassa
), permanent or impermanent?‛
RÈhula: ‚Impermanent, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Are the four impermanent mental aggregates unsatisfactory or satisfactory?‛
RÈhula: ‚Unsatisfactory, Venerable Sir.‛
Buddha: ‚Should the four impermanent, unsatisfactory and changeable mental
aggregates be taken falsely (through craving) as ‘mine’, (through conceit) as
‘I’, and (through wrong view) as ‘my self’?‛
RÈhula: ‚No, Venerable Sir.‛ This is the teaching on the five items concerning the
mind (
mano-paÒcaka
).
(Such a discourse delivered by asking three times so that the three points of
impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and non-self might become clear is called
‚
TeparivaÔÔa Dhamma DesanÈ
‛.)
(Conclusion) ‚My dear son, RÈhula, when a knowledgeable disciple of mine views thus,
he becomes weary of the sensitive matter called ‘eye’, he becomes weary of various forms
and objects of seeing, he becomes weary of eye-consciousness, he becomes weary of eye-
contact, he becomes weary of the four mental aggregates, such as sensation, perception,
mental formation and consciousness, arising from eye-contact. He becomes weary of the
sensitive matter called ‘ear’; he becomes weary of various sounds and objects of hearing
..... He becomes weary of the sensitive matter called ‘nose’; he becomes weary of various
odours and objects of smelling ..... He becomes weary of the sensitive matter called
‘tongue’; he becomes weary of various tastes and objects of savouring ..... He becomes
weary of the sensitive matter called ‘body’ he becomes weary of various contacts and