Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ III: Paññāsaka Tatiya
1. Yoga-k-Khemi Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Third Fifty
1. Secure from Bondage
Sutta 108
Seyya Suttaɱ
I Am Superior
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, when what exists, by clinging to what, by adhering to what, does the thought occur:
'I am superior' or 'I am equal' or 'I am inferior'?"
"Venerable sir, our teachings are rooted in the Blessed One. ..."
"When there is the eye, bhikkhus, by clinging to the eye, by adhering to the eye, the thought occurs:
'I am superior' or 'I am equal' or 'I am inferior.'
When there is the ear ...
When there is the mind, by clinging to the mind, by adhering to the mind, the thought occurs:
'I am superior' or 'I am equal' or 'I am inferior.'
"What do you think, bhikkhus, is the eye ... the mind permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
... "But without clinging to what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change, could the thought occur:
'I am superior' or 'I am equal' or 'I am inferior'?"
"No, venerable sir."
"Seeing thus ...
He understands:
'... there is no more for this state of being."
