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Linked Discourses 35.142 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.142
14. At Devadaha – 14. Devadahavagga
SN 35.142 Interior and Cause Are Not-Self – Ajjhattānattahetusutta
“Bhikkhū, the eye is not-self.
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anattā.
The cause and condition that gives rise to the eye is also not-self.
Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi anattā.
Since the eye is produced by what is not-self, how could it be self?
Anattasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto attā bhavissati …pe…
The ear … nose … tongue … body …
jivhā anattā.
Yopi hetu yopi paccayo jivhāya uppādāya, sopi anattā.
Anattasambhūtā, bhikkhave, jivhā kuto attā bhavissati …pe…
mind is not-self.
mano anattā.
The cause and condition that gives rise to the mind is also not-self.
Yopi hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi anattā.
Since the mind is produced by what is not-self, how could it be self?
Anattasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto attā bhavissati.
Seeing this …
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”
nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.