Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
9. Thera 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
9. The Elders
Sutta 91
Paṭhama Rāhula Suttaṃ
Rāhula (1)[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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The Exalted One was staying at Sāvatthī
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the venerable Rāhula came to the Exalted One
and [115] sat down at one side.
So seated,
the venerable Rāhula sajd to the Exalted One:
"How, lord, should one know,
how should one see,
so that in this body,
together with its consciousness,
and likewise in all external objects,
he has no more idea of 'I' and 'mine,'
no more leanings to conceit?"
"Whatsoever material object, Rāhula,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
subtle or gross,
low or high,
far or near,
one regards thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the Self of me,' -
that is seeing things by right insight
as they really are.
■
"Whatsoever feeling, Rāhula,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
subtle or gross,
low or high,
far or near,
one regards thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the Self of me,' -
that is seeing things by right insight
as they really are.
■
"Whatsoever perception, Rāhula,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
subtle or gross,
low or high,
far or near,
one regards thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the Self of me,' -
that is seeing things by right insight
as they really are.
■
"Whatsoever activities, Rāhula,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
subtle or gross,
low or high,
far or near,
one regards thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the Self of me,' -
that is seeing things by right insight
as they really are.
■
"Whatsoever consciousness, Rāhula,
be it past,
future
or present,
inward or outward,
subtle or gross,
low or high,
far or near,
one regards thus:
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the Self of me,' -
that is seeing things by right insight
as they really are.
■
Thus knowing, Rāhula,
thus seeing,
in this body,
together with its consciousness,
and likewise in all external objects,
one has no idea of 'I' and 'mine,'
no more leanings to conceit."
[1] This and the next sutta are reproduced from S. ii, 252-3; K.S. ii, 167 q.v. and n. Cf. Expos., ii, 302 n., and sup. 71 (Rādha).
