14.
The Chapter of the Hot Embers
1.
The Discourse on Hot Ashes
136. At Sāvatthī. "Materiality, monks, is hot ashes, feeling is hot ashes, perception is hot ashes, activities are hot ashes, consciousness is hot ashes. Seeing thus, monks, a learned noble disciple becomes disenchanted with materiality, becomes disenchanted with feeling, becomes disenchanted with perception, becomes disenchanted with activities, becomes disenchanted with consciousness. Being disenchanted, he becomes dispassionate; through dispassion, he becomes liberated. When liberated, there is the knowledge: 'Liberated.' He understands: 'Birth is eliminated, the holy life has been lived, what was to be done has been done, there is no more of this state of being.'" The first.
2.
The Discourse on Impermanence
137. At Sāvatthī. "Whatever, monks, is impermanent; therein your desire is to be abandoned. And what, monks, is impermanent? Materiality, monks, is impermanent; therein your desire is to be abandoned. Feeling is impermanent, etc. perception... activities... consciousness is impermanent; therein your desire is to be abandoned. Whatever, monks, is impermanent; therein your desire is to be abandoned." The second.
3.
The Second Discourse on Impermanence
138. At Sāvatthī. "Whatever, monks, is impermanent; therein your lust is to be abandoned. And what, monks, is impermanent? Materiality, monks, is impermanent; therein your lust is to be abandoned. Feeling is impermanent, etc. perception... activities... consciousness is impermanent; therein your lust is to be abandoned. Whatever, monks, is impermanent; therein your lust is to be abandoned." The third.
4.
The Third Discourse on Impermanence
139. At Sāvatthī. "Whatever, monks, is impermanent; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned. And what, monks, is impermanent? Materiality, monks, is impermanent, therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned. Feeling is impermanent, etc. perception... activities... consciousness is impermanent; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned. Whatever, monks, is impermanent; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned." The fourth.
5.
The Discourse on Suffering
140. At Sāvatthī. "What, monks, is suffering; therein your desire is to be abandoned. Etc. What, monks, is suffering; therein your desire is to be abandoned." The fifth.
6.
The Second Discourse on Suffering
141. At Sāvatthī. "What, monks, is suffering; therein your lust is to be abandoned." Etc. What, monks, is suffering; therein your lust is to be abandoned." The sixth.
7.
The Third Discourse on Suffering
142. At Sāvatthī. "What, monks, is suffering; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned. Etc. What, monks, is suffering; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned." The seventh.
8.
The Discourse on Non-self
143. At Sāvatthī. "That which, monks, is non-self; therein your desire is to be abandoned. And what, monks, is non-self? Materiality, monks, is non-self; therein your desire is to be abandoned. Feeling is non-self... perception... activities... consciousness is non-self; therein your desire is to be abandoned. That which, monks, is non-self; therein your desire is to be abandoned." The eighth.
9.
The Second Discourse on Non-self
144. At Sāvatthī. "That which, monks, is non-self; therein your lust is to be abandoned. And what, monks, is non-self? Materiality, monks, is non-self; therein your lust is to be abandoned. Feeling is non-self... perception... activities... consciousness is non-self; therein your lust is to be abandoned. That which, monks, is non-self; therein your lust is to be abandoned." The ninth.
10.
The Third Discourse on Non-self
145. At Sāvatthī. "That which, monks, is non-self; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned. And what, monks, is non-self? Materiality, monks, is non-self; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned. Feeling is non-self... perception... activities... consciousness is non-self; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned. That which, monks, is non-self; therein your desire and lust is to be abandoned." The tenth.
11.
The Discourse on Abundant Disenchantment
146. At Sāvatthī. "For a son of good family who has gone forth out of faith, monks, this is in conformity with the Teaching - that he should dwell full of disenchantment with matter. In feeling, etc. in perception, in activities, he should dwell full of disenchantment with consciousness. Whoever, dwelling full of disenchantment with matter, with feeling... in perception, in activities, dwelling full of disenchantment with consciousness, fully understands matter, feeling... perception... activities... fully understands consciousness; he, fully understanding matter, fully understanding feeling, fully understanding perception, fully understanding activities, fully understanding consciousness, is released from matter, is released from feeling, is released from perception, is released from activities, is released from consciousness, is released from birth, from ageing, from death, from sorrows, from lamentations, from sufferings, from displeasures, from anguishes; 'He is released from suffering', I say." The eleventh.
12.
The Discourse on Observing Impermanence
147. At Sāvatthī. "For a son of good family who has gone forth out of faith, monks, this is in conformity with the Teaching - that he should dwell observing impermanence in matter. In feeling, in perception, in activities, he should dwell observing impermanence in consciousness, etc. 'He is released from suffering', I say." The twelfth.
13.
The Discourse on Observing Suffering
148. At Sāvatthī. "For a son of good family who has gone forth out of faith, monks, this is in conformity with the Teaching - that he should dwell observing suffering in matter. In feeling, in perception, in activities, he should dwell observing suffering in consciousness, etc. 'He is released from suffering', I say." The thirteenth.
14.
The Discourse on Observing Non-self
149. At Sāvatthī. "For a son of good family who has gone forth out of faith, monks, this is in conformity with the Teaching - that he should dwell observing non-self in matter. In feeling, in perception, in activities, should dwell observing non-self in consciousness. Dwelling observing non-self, in feeling... in perception, in activities, dwelling observing non-self in consciousness, he fully understands matter, feeling... etc. perception... activities... he fully understands consciousness. He, fully understanding matter, fully understanding feeling, fully understanding perception, fully understanding activities, fully understanding consciousness, is released from matter, is released from feeling, is released from perception, is released from activities, is released from consciousness, is released from birth, from ageing, from death, from sorrows, from lamentations, from sufferings, from displeasures, from anguishes; 'He is released from suffering', I say." The fourteenth.
The Chapter on Hot Ashes is the fourteenth.
Its summary:
By non-self - three are spoken of, by son of good family - two pairs.