Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ I: Mūla-Paññāsa
1. Anicca Vagga Paṭhama
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Root Fifty
1. The Impermanent
Sutta 5
Bāhira Dukkha Suttaɱ (Dukkham 2; Bāhiram)
The External as Suffering
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, forms are suffering.
What is suffering is nonself.
What is nonself should be seen as it really is with correct wisdom thus:
'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.'
"Sounds ...
Odours ...
Tastes ...
Tactile objects ...
Mental phenomena are suffering.
What is suffering is nonself.
What is nonself should be seen as it really is with correct wisdom thus:
'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.'
"Seeing thus ...
He understands:
'... there is no more for this state of being."
