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Linked Discourses 35.3 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.3

1. Anicca – 1. Aniccavagga

SN 35.3 The Interior as Not-Self – Ajjhattānattasutta

 

“Bhikkhū, the eye is not-self.

“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anattā.

And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

The ear,

Sotaṁ anattā …pe…

nose,

ghānaṁ anattā …

tongue,

jivhā anattā …

body,

kāyo anattā …

and mind are not-self.

mano anattā.

And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

Seeing this …

Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”

nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.