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Linked Discourses 35.3

1. Aniccavagga
1. Impermanence

Ajjhattānattasutta

The Interior as Not-Self

“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anattā.
“Mendicants, the eye 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.’

Sotaṁ anattā …pe…
The ear,

ghānaṁ anattā …
nose,

jivhā anattā …
tongue,

kāyo anattā …
body,

mano anattā.
and mind are 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 …pe…
Seeing this …

nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

Tatiyaṁ.