Samyuttanikaya 22.8.5.79_18

22.8.5.79_18

Taṃ kiṃ maññatha, bhikkhaveti kasmā āraddhaṃ? Imasmiṃ pabbe dukkhalakkhaṇameva kathitaṃ, na aniccalakkhaṇaṃ. Taṃ dassetuṃ idamāraddhaṃ. Tīṇi lakkhaṇāni samodhānetvā dassetumpi āraddhameva. Apacināti no ācinātīti vaṭṭaṃ vināseti, neva cināti. Pajahati na upādiyatīti tadeva vissajjeti, na gaṇhāti. Visineti na ussinetīti vikirati na sampiṇḍeti. Vidhūpeti na sandhūpetīti nibbāpeti na jālāpeti.

"What do you think, monks?": why was this begun? In this section only the characteristic of suffering was spoken of, not the characteristic of impermanence. This was begun in order to show that. It was also begun in order to show all three characteristics combined together. "He diminishes, does not amass": he destroys the round of rebirth, he does not accumulate at all. "He relinquishes, does not grasp": he lets go of that very thing, he does not take hold of it. "He scatters, does not pile up": he disperses, he does not gather into a heap. "He smokes out, does not smoke up": he extinguishes, he does not kindle.