Saṁyutta Nikāya:
III. Khandhā Vagga:
22: Khandhāsaṁyutta

Paṭhama Paripucchika Suttaṁ

Sutta 118

Infatuated¹ (1)

 

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Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren!"

"Master!" responded those brethren.

The Exalted One said:

"As to this, what think ye, brethren?

Do ye regard body as

'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"

"Surely not, lord."

"Well said, brethren!

Thus to regard body:

'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -

that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.

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Do ye regard feeling as

'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"

"Surely not, lord."

"Well said, brethren!

Thus to regard feeling:

'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -

that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.

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Do ye regard perception as

'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"

"Surely not, lord."

"Well said, brethren!

Thus to regard perception:

'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -

that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.

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Do ye regard the activities as

'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"

"Surely not, lord."

"Well said, brethren!

Thus to regard the activities:

'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -

that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.

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Do ye regard consciousness as

'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"

"Surely not, lord."

"Well said, brethren!

Thus to regard consciousness:

'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -

that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.

 

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So seeing, brethren, one conceives disgust at body,
at feeling,
at perception,
at the activities,
at consciousness.

Being disgusted
he is repelled by them;
by that repulsion he is released;
by that release he is set free;
knowledge arises:
in the freed man is the freed thing,
and he knows:

"Destroyed is rebirth;
lived is the righteous life;
done is the task;
for life in these conditions
there is no hereafter."

 

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¹ Parimucchita, in this sense at Udāna, 75.