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 119
Dutiya Parimucchita Suttaṃ
Infatuated (2)
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 not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me'?"
[142] "Even so, 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 not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me'?"
"Even so, 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 not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me'?"
"Even so, 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 not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me'?"
"Even so, 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.
■
Do ye regard consciousness as
'This is not mine;
this am not I;
this is not the self of me'?"
"Even so, 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.'"
