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Linked Discourses · SN 35.3

  • Linked Discourses 35.3Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.3
  • 1. Impermanence1. Aniccavagga

The Interior as Not-SelfAjjhattānattasutta

“Mendicants, the eye is not-self.“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anattā. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

The ear,Sotaṁ anattā …pe… nose,ghānaṁ anattā … tongue,jivhā anattā … body,kāyo anattā … and mind are not-self.mano anattā. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.

Seeing this …Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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

  1. SN 35.2 The Interior as Suffering 0.83near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.2 1. Impermanence The Interior as Suffering “Mendicants, the eye is suffering. What’s suffering is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not…
  2. SN 35.210–212 The Interior and What’s Not-Self in the Three Times 0.79near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.210–212 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts The Interior and What’s Not-Self in the Three Times “Mendicants, in the past … future … present the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are not-self. And what’s…
  3. SN 35.224 The Interior as Not-Self 0.77near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.224 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts The Interior as Not-Self “Mendicants, the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are not-self. Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this plac…
  4. SN 35.6 The Exterior as Not-Self 0.77near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.6 1. Impermanence The Exterior as Not-Self “Mendicants, sights are not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not…
  5. SN 35.204 The Interior and What’s Impermanent in the Past 0.69near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.204 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts The Interior and What’s Impermanent in the Past “Mendicants, in the past the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind were impermanent. What’s impermanent is suffering.…