AN 1.268

English translation by Bhikkhu Candana.

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AN I

Suttas 268-295

Aṭṭhānapali Vagga “The Impossibilities”

Paṭhama Vagga The First Sub Group

268. “Bhikkhus, it is simply impossible for someone who has finally attained to Right View, to ever look upon anything that is put together and thus conditioned (saṅkhārā), and yet continue to take it as something permanent. There is absolutely no possibility for this to occur.

“However, it is quite possible that an ordinary unlearned person should look upon things that are put together and conditioned (saṅkhārā), and see them as permanent. There is the possibility for this to occur.”