Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.17
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 22.17
2. Aniccavagga
2. Impermanence
Yadanattāsutta
That Which is Not-Self
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, anattā.
“Mendicants, form is not-self.
Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Vedanā anattā …
Feeling is not-self …
saññā anattā …
Perception is not-self …
saṅkhārā anattā …
Choices are not-self …
viññāṇaṁ anattā.
Consciousness is not-self.
Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave …pe…
Seeing this …
nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”
Chaṭṭhaṁ.