Saɱyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saɱyutta
5. Atta-Dīpa Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
Part II.
The Book of the Aggregates Khandha-Vagga
22. Connected Discourses on the Aggregates
V. With Yourselves as an Island
Paṭipadā Suttaɱ
Sutta 44
The Way
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[44] "Bhikkhus, I will teach you the way leading to the origination of identity and the way leading to the cessation of identity.
Listen to that. ...
"And what, bhikkhus, is the way leading to the origination of identity?
Here, bhikkhus, the uninstructed worldling ... regards form as self ... feeling as self ... perception as self ... volitional formations as self ... consciousness as self ... or self as in consciousness.
This, bhikkhus, is called the way leading to the origination of identity.
When it is said,
'The way leading to the origination of identity,'
the meaning here is this: a way of regarding things that leads to the origination of suffering.
"And what, bhikkhus, is the way leading to the cessation of identity?
Here, bhikkhus, the instructed noble disciple ... does not regard form as self ... nor feeling as self ... nor perception as self ... nor volitional formations as self ... nor consciousness as self ... nor self as in consciousness.
This, bhikkhus, is called the way leading to the cessation of identity.
When it is said,
'The way leading to the cessation of identity,'
the meaning here is this: a way of regarding things that leads to the cessation of suffering."
