Vipallāsasutta — Reader

Perversions

Vipallāsasutta

“Mendicants, there are these four perversions of perception, thought, and view. What four? Taking impermanence as permanence. Taking suffering as happiness.

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, saññāvipallāsā cittavipallāsā diṭṭhivipallāsā. Katame cattāro? Anicce, bhikkhave, niccanti saññāvipallāso cittavipallāso diṭṭhivipallāso; dukkhe, bhikkhave, sukhanti saññāvipallāso cittavipallāso diṭṭhivipallāso;

Taking not-self as self. Taking ugliness as beauty. These are the four perversions of perception, thought, and view. There are these four corrections of perception, thought, and view.

anattani, bhikkhave, attāti saññāvipallāso cittavipallāso diṭṭhivipallāso; asubhe, bhikkhave, subhanti saññāvipallāso cittavipallāso diṭṭhivipallāso. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro saññāvipallāsā cittavipallāsā diṭṭhivipallāsā. Cattārome, bhikkhave, nasaññāvipallāsā nacittavipallāsā nadiṭṭhivipallāsā.

What four? Taking impermanence as impermanence. Taking suffering as suffering. Taking not-self as not-self.

Katame cattāro? Anicce, bhikkhave, aniccanti nasaññāvipallāso nacittavipallāso nadiṭṭhivipallāso; dukkhe, bhikkhave, dukkhanti nasaññāvipallāso nacittavipallāso nadiṭṭhivipallāso; anattani, bhikkhave, anattāti nasaññāvipallāso nacittavipallāso nadiṭṭhivipallāso;

Taking ugliness as ugliness. These are the four corrections of perception, thought, and view. Perceiving impermanence as permanence, suffering as happiness,

asubhe, bhikkhave, asubhanti nasaññāvipallāso nacittavipallāso nadiṭṭhivipallāso. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro nasaññāvipallāsā nacittavipallāsā nadiṭṭhivipallāsāti. Anicce niccasaññino, dukkhe ca sukhasaññino;

not-self as self, and ugliness as beauty— sentient beings are ruined by wrong view, deranged, out of their minds.

Anattani ca attāti, asubhe subhasaññino; Micchādiṭṭhihatā sattā, khittacittā visaññino.

Yoked by Māra’s yoke, these people find no sanctuary from the yoke. Sentient beings continue to transmigrate, with ongoing birth and death.

Te yogayuttā mārassa, ayogakkhemino janā; Sattā gacchanti saṁsāraṁ, jātimaraṇagāmino.

But when the Buddhas arise in the world, those beacons reveal this teaching, that leads to the stilling of suffering.

Yadā ca buddhā lokasmiṁ, Uppajjanti pabhaṅkarā; Te imaṁ dhammaṁ pakāsenti, Dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.

When a wise person hears them, they get their mind back. Seeing impermanence as impermanence, suffering as suffering,

Tesaṁ sutvāna sappaññā, sacittaṁ paccaladdhā te; Aniccaṁ aniccato dakkhuṁ, dukkhamaddakkhu dukkhato.

not-self as not-self, and ugliness as ugliness— taking up right view, they’ve risen above all suffering.”

Anattani anattāti, asubhaṁ asubhataddasuṁ; Sammādiṭṭhisamādānā, sabbaṁ dukkhaṁ upaccagun”ti.

Navamaṁ.