Saṁyutta Nikāya:
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35: Saḷāyatana Saṁyutta
Paññāsako Dutiyo
2. Migajāla Vagga
35: Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense The 'Second Fifty' Suttas
2. The Chapter on Migajāla
Sutta 71
Paṭhama Chaphassāyatana Suttaṁ
Concerning the Sixfold Sphere of Contact (i)
[43] [22]
"Whatsoevered1 brother, Brethren, understands not,
as they really are,
the arising and destruction,
the satisfaction and misery,
and the escape
from the sixfold sphere of contact, -
not lived by such an one
is the righteous life.
Far is he
from this Norm and Discipline."
At these words a certain brother addressed the Exalted One, saying: -
"Herein, lord, I am in despair; -
for I, lord, do not understand these things
as they really are."
"Now what think you, brother?
Do you regard the eye thus:
'This is mine.
This am I.
This is my self'?"
"No indeed, lord."
Well said, brother.
And herein, brother,
by right understanding
as it really is:
'This eye is not mine.
This am I not.
This is not my self,'
the eye will have been rightly seen.
That is the end of ill.
■
"Now what think you, brother?
Do you regard the ear thus:
'This is mine.
This am I.
This is my self'?"
"No indeed, lord."
Well said, brother.
And herein, brother,
by right understanding
as it really is:
'This ear is not mine.
This am I not.
This is not my self,'
the ear will have been rightly seen.
That is the end of ill.
■
"Now what think you, brother?
Do you regard the nose thus:
'This is mine.
This am I.
This is my self'?"
"No indeed, lord."
Well said, brother.
And herein, brother,
by right understanding
as it really is:
'This nose is not mine.
This am I not.
This is not my self,'
the nose will have been rightly seen.
That is the end of ill.
■
"Now what think you, brother?
Do you regard the tongue thus:
'This is mine.
This am I.
This is my self'?"
"No indeed, lord."
Well said, brother.
And herein, brother,
by right understanding
as it really is:
'This tongue is not mine.
This am I not.
This is not my self,'
the tongue will have been rightly seen.
That is the end of ill.
■
"Now what think you, brother?
Do you regard the body thus:
'This is mine.
This am I.
This is my self'?"
"No indeed, lord."
Well said, brother.
And herein, brother,
by right understanding
as it really is:
'This body is not mine.
This am I not.
This is not my self,'
the body will have been rightly seen.
That is the end of ill.
■
"Now what think you, brother?
Do you regard the mind thus:
'This is mine.
This am I.
This is my self'?"
"No indeed, lord."
Well said, brother.
And herein, brother,
by right understanding
as it really is:
'This mind is not mine.
This am I not.
This is not my self,'
the mind will have been rightly seen.
That is the end of ill.
ed1 This sutta has no nidana.