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Linked Discourses · SN 35.149

  • Linked Discourses 35.149Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.149
  • 15. The Old and the New15. Navapurāṇavagga

Not-Self as Conducive to ExtinguishmentAnattanibbānasappāyasutta

“Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.“Nibbānasappāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paṭipadaṁ desessāmi. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha …pe…

And what is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment?katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā?

It’s when a mendicant sees that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are not-self. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact is also not-self.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhuṁ anattāti passati, rūpā anattāti passati, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ anattāti passati, cakkhusamphasso anattāti passati, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattāti passati …pe…

They see that the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, ideas, mind-consciousness, and mind contact are not-self. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact is also not-self.mano anattāti passati, dhammā anattāti passati, manoviññāṇaṁ anattāti passati, manosamphasso anattāti passati, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattāti passati.

This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, nibbānasappāyā paṭipadā”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.148 The Suffering as Conducive to Extinguishment 0.83near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.148 15. The Old and the New The Suffering as Conducive to Extinguishment “Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment. Listen … And what is that practice that’s conduci…
  2. SN 35.147 The Impermanent as Conducive to Extinguishment 0.81near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.147 15. The Old and the New The Impermanent as Conducive to Extinguishment “Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment. Listen … And what is that practice that’s condu…
  3. SN 35.150 A Practice Conducive to Extinguishment 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.150 15. The Old and the New A Practice Conducive to Extinguishment “Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment. Listen … And what is that practice that’s conducive to…