Saɱyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saɱyutta
12. Dhamma-Kathika Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and other Subjects
22. Kindred Sayings on Elements
12. On Pious Converse
Sutta 124
Paṭhama Kappa Suttaɱ
Kappa[1] (1)
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] Thus have I heard:
The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the venerable Kappa,
came to the Exalted One
and saluting him
sat down at one side.
So seated
the venerable Kappa thus addressed the Exalted One:
"Pray, lord, how should one know,
how should one see,
so that in this body,
with its consciousness
as well as ia all external objects,
he has no more thought of
'I' and 'mine,'
no leanings to conceit?"
"Whatsoever bodily form, Kappa,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
gross or subtle,
low or high,
far or near,
whatsoever bodily form
you see as it really is
by perfect insight thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me,'
Whatsoever feeling, Kappa,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
gross or subtle,
low or high,
far or near,
whatsoever bodily form
you see as it really is
by perfect insight thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me,'
Whatsoever perception, Kappa,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
gross or subtle,
low or high,
far or near,
whatsoever bodily form
you see as it really is
by perfect insight thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me,'
Whatsoever activities, Kappa,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
gross or subtle,
low or high,
far or near,
whatsoever bodily form
you see as it really is
by perfect insight thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me,'
Whatsoever consciousness, Kappa,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
gross or subtle,
low or high,
far or near,
whatsoever bodily form
you see as it really is
by perfect insight thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me,
-to you so knowing,
so seeing, Kappa,
in this body
with its consciousness
as well as ia all external objects,
there is no thought of 'I' and 'mine,'
no leaning to conceit."
[1] Cf. Thag. 567: Brethren, p. 259. A dissolute young prince who renounced the world after hearing a discourse from the Master on the asubhāni (foul things) and became arahant, even while his head was being shaved for ordination. These two sections are the same as at S. ii, 253. For mān'anusayo see K.S. ii 167, n., and sup. Rādha-sutta § 71, 92 Rāhula-sutta.
