Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ I: Mūla-Paññāsa
1. Anicca Vagga Paṭhama

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
§ I: The First Fifty Suttas
35. Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense
1. The First Chapter on Impermanence

Sutta 6

Bāhira Anattā Suttaṃ (Anattā 2; Bāhiram)

Void of the Self (ii): The External

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[1][bodh] Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī, at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren."

"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One thus spake:

"Objects, brethren,
are void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

■

Sounds are void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

■

Scents are void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

■

Savours are void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

■

Things tangible are void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

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Mind-states are void of the self.

What is void of the self,
that is not mine:
I am not it:
it is not my self.

That is how it is to be regarded
with perfect insight
of what it really is.

 

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So seeing, brethren,
the well-taught Ariyan disciple
is repelled by objects,
sounds,
scents,
savours,
things tangible,
and mind-states.

Being repelled by them,
he lusts not for them.

Not lusting,
he is set free.

In this freedom
comes insight of being free.

Thus he realizes:

'Rebirth is destroyed,
lived is the righteous life,
done is the task,
for life in these conditions
there is no hereafter.'"