Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
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 118
Paṭhama Parimucchita Suttaṃ
Infatuated[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.
And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren!"
"Master!" responded those brethren.
The Exalted One said:
"As to this, what think ye, brethren?
Do ye regard body as
'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"
"Surely not, lord."
"Well said, brethren!
Thus to regard body:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -
that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.
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Do ye regard feeling as
'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"
"Surely not, lord."
"Well said, brethren!
Thus to regard feeling:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -
that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.
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Do ye regard perception as
'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"
"Surely not, lord."
"Well said, brethren!
Thus to regard perception:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -
that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.
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Do ye regard the activities as
'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"
"Surely not, lord."
"Well said, brethren!
Thus to regard the activities:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -
that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.
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Do ye regard consciousness as
'This is mine;
this am I;
this is the self of me'?"
"Surely not, lord."
"Well said, brethren!
Thus to regard consciousness:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me' -
that is how it should be seen
with perfect insight.
§
So seeing, brethren, one conceives disgust at body,
at feeling,
at perception,
at the activities,
at consciousness.
Being disgusted
he is repelled by them;
by that repulsion he is released;
by that release he is set free;
knowledge arises:
in the freed man is the freed thing,
and he knows:
'Destroyed is rebirth;
lived is the righteous life;
done is the task;
for life in these conditions
there is no hereafter.'"
[1] Parimucchita, in this sense [Ed.: mucchita] at Udāna, 75.
