Linked Discourses 35.157
- The End of Relishing
The Exterior and the End of Relishing
“Mendicants, sights really are impermanent. A mendicant sees that they are impermanent: that’s their right view.
Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.
When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.
When relishing and greed end, the mind is said to be well freed.
Sounds …
Smells …
Tastes …
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Ideas really are impermanent. A mendicant sees that they are impermanent: that’s their right view.
Seeing rightly, they grow disillusioned.
When relishing ends, greed ends. When greed ends, relishing ends.
When relishing and greed end, the mind is said to be well freed.”