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Linked Discourses · SN 35.183–185

  • Linked Discourses 35.183–185Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.183–185
  • 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts17. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga

Desire, Etc. for the Not-Self ExteriorBāhirānattachandādisutta

“Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is not-self.“Yo, bhikkhave, anattā, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. And what is not-self?Ko ca, bhikkhave, anattā?

Sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are not-self …”Rūpā, bhikkhave, anattā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. SN 35.174–176 Desire, Etc. for the Not-Self Interior 0.84near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.174–176 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts Desire, Etc. for the Not-Self Interior “Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is not-self. And what is not-self? The eye, ear,…
  2. SN 35.180–182 Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Exterior 0.73near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.180–182 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts Desire, Etc. for the Suffering Exterior “Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is suffering. And what is suffering? Sights, sou…
  3. SN 35.177–179 Desire, Etc. for the Impermanent Exterior 0.71near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.177–179 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts Desire, Etc. for the Impermanent Exterior “Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is impermanent. And what is impermanent? Sight…
  4. SN 35.227 The Exterior as Not-Self 0.70near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.227 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts The Exterior as Not-Self “Mendicants, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are not-self. Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for t…
  5. SN 35.219–221 The Exterior and What’s Not-Self in the Three Times 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.219–221 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts The Exterior and What’s Not-Self in the Three Times “Mendicants, in the past … future … present sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are not-self. An…