- Linked Discourses 22.118Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.118
- 12. A Dhamma speaker12. Dhammakathikavagga
QuestioningParipucchitasutta
At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“What do you think, mendicants?“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, Do you regard form like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”rūpaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassathā”ti?
“No, sir.”“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“Good, mendicants!“Sādhu, bhikkhave. Form should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ. Do you regard feeling …Vedanaṁ … perception …saññaṁ … choices …saṅkhāre … consciousness like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”viññāṇaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassathā”ti?
“No, sir.”“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
“Good, mendicants!“Sādhu, bhikkhave. Consciousness should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’Viññāṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ …pe…
Seeing this …evaṁ passaṁ …pe… They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.