Characteristics of the Conditioned

Saṅkhatalakkhaṇasutta

Characteristics of the Conditioned

Saṅkhatalakkhaṇasutta

EN
“Mendicants, the conditioned has these three characteristics. What three? Arising is evident, vanishing is evident, and change while persisting is evident. These are the three characteristics of the conditioned.”
PL
“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, saṅkhatassa saṅkhatalakkhaṇāni. Katamāni tīṇi? Uppādo paññāyati, vayo paññāyati, ṭhitassa aññathattaṁ paññāyati. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi saṅkhatassa saṅkhatalakkhaṇānī”ti.
EN
Characteristics of the Unconditioned “The unconditioned has these three characteristics. What three?
PL
Sattamaṁ. Asaṅkhatalakkhaṇasutta “Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, asaṅkhatassa asaṅkhatalakkhaṇāni. Katamāni tīṇi?
EN
No arising is evident, no vanishing is evident, and no change while persisting is evident. These are the three characteristics of the unconditioned.”
PL
Na uppādo paññāyati, na vayo paññāyati, na ṭhitassa aññathattaṁ paññāyati. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi asaṅkhatassa asaṅkhatalakkhaṇānī”ti. Aṭṭhamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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