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Way to Enlightenment

The Path (Magga Vagga)

Verse 277

Pāli Source

Sabbe saṃkhārā aniccā’ti yadā paññāya passati; atha nibbindatī dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.

English Translation

When one sees with wisdom that all conditioned things are impermanent, one grows weary of suffering — this is the path to purification.

Way to Enlightenment draft translation — not yet reviewed for accuracy.

Editorial Note

The first of three consecutive verses (277, 278, 279) stating the three marks of existence — impermanence, suffering, and non-self — in exactly parallel form. Verses 278 and 279 are added in Phase D3 alongside it.

Source

Pali critical edition: O. von Hinüber & K.R. Norman (Pali Text Society, 1995), digitized by the Dhammakaya Foundation via GRETIL, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

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