47. The Conditioned and the Unconditioned

AN 3:47 The Conditioned and the Unconditioned

Translated from the Pali by Nyanaponika Thera and Bhikkhu Bodhi

There are, O monks, three conditioned marks of the conditioned. What three? Its origination is discerned, its vanishing is discerned, its change while persisting is discerned. These are the three conditioned marks of the conditioned.

There are, O monks, three unconditioned marks of the Unconditioned. What three? No origination is discerned, no vanishing is discerned, no change while persisting is discerned. These are the three unconditioned marks of the Unconditioned.