Saɱyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saɱyutta
7. Arahatta Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
Part II.
The Book of the Aggregates Khandha-Vagga
22. Connected Discourses on the Aggregates
2.2. Arahants
Sutta 72
Surādha Suttaɱ
Surādha
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Then the Venerable Surādha approached the Blessed One ... and said to him:
"Venerable sir, how should one know, how should one see so that, in regard to this body with consciousness and in regard to all external signs, the mind is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit, has transcended discrimination, and is peaceful and well liberated?"
"Any kind of form whatsoever, Surādha, whether past, future, or present ... far or near — having seen all form as it really is with correct wisdom thus:
'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self,' one is liberated by nonclinging.
"Any kind of feeling whatsoever ...
Any kind of perception whatsoever ...
Any kind of volitional formations whatsoever ...
[81] Any kind of consciousness whatsoever, whether past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near — having seen all consciousness as it really is with correct wisdom thus:
'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self,' one is liberated by nonclinging.
"When one knows and sees thus, Surādha, then in regard to this body with consciousness and in regard to all external signs, the mind is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit, has transcended discrimination, and is peaceful and well liberated."
Then the Venerable Surādha ... became one of the arahants.
