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Not Determined by Anything

Atammayasutta

Reasons for meditating on not-self.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.104Numbered Discourses 6.104
  • 0.210. Ānisaṁsavagga10. Benefit

0.3AtammayasuttaNot Determined by Anything

1.1“Cha, bhikkhave, ānisaṁse sampassamānena alameva bhikkhunā sabbadhammesu anodhiṁ karitvā anattasaññaṁ upaṭṭhāpetuṁ.“Mendicants, seeing six benefits is quite enough to establish the perception of not-self in all things without qualification.1.2Katame cha?What six?1.3Sabbaloke ca atammayo bhavissāmi, ahaṅkārā ca me uparujjhissanti, mamaṅkārā ca me uparujjhissanti, asādhāraṇena ca ñāṇena samannāgato bhavissāmi, hetu ca me sudiṭṭho bhavissati, hetusamuppannā ca dhammā.‘I will not be determined by anything in the world.’ ‘My I-making will stop.’ ‘My mine-making will stop.’ ‘I will have distinct knowledge.’ ‘I will clearly see causes and the phenomena that arise from causes.’1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha ānisaṁse sampassamānena alameva bhikkhunā sabbadhammesu anodhiṁ karitvā anattasaññaṁ upaṭṭhāpetun”ti.Seeing these six benefits is quite enough to establish the perception of not-self in all things without qualification.”

1.5Navamaṁ.