Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases

SN35:167 Abandoning the View of Self

… "Venerable sir, how should one know, how should one see, for the view of self to be abandoned?"

"Bhikkhu, when one knows and sees the eye as impermanent, the view of self is abandoned." … Complete as above.

1Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu … pe … etadavoca: "Kathaṁ nu kho, bhante, jānato kathaṁ passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyatī"ti? "Cakkhuṁ kho, bhikkhu, anattato jānato passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyati. Rūpe anattato jānato passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyati. Cakkhuviññāṇaṁ anattato jānato passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyati. Cakkhusamphassaṁ anattato jānato passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyati. Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattato jānato passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyati … pe … jivhaṁ anattato jānato passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyati … pe … manaṁ anattato jānato passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyati. Dhamme … manoviññāṇaṁ … manosamphassaṁ … yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattato jānato passato attānudiṭṭhi pahīyatī"ti.


Dvādasamaṁ.


Nandikkhayavaggo paṭhamo.

2Nandikkhayena cattāro,
jīvakambavane duve;
Koṭṭhikena tayo vuttā,
micchā sakkāya attanoti.

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