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SN 18.22PTS SN 2.2531 min read

Rid of Conceit

Apagatasutta

Rāhula asks how to see so conceit no longer occurs and one is peaceful. The Buddha teaches him to investigate the five aggregates in terms of not-self.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 18.22Linked Discourses 18.22
  • 0.22. DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.3ApagatasuttaRid of Conceit

1.1PTS 2.253Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho āyasmā rāhulo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rāhulo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then Venerable Rāhula went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

1.3“kathaṁ nu kho, bhante, jānato kathaṁ passato imasmiṁ ca saviññāṇake kāye bahiddhā ca sabbanimittesu ahaṅkāramamaṅkāramānāpagataṁ mānasaṁ hoti vidhā samatikkantaṁ santaṁ suvimuttan”ti?“Sir, how does one know and see so that the heart is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit for this conscious body and externally for all signs; and going beyond discrimination, it’s peaceful and well freed?”1

1.4“Yaṁ kiñci, rāhula, rūpaṁ atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā oḷārikaṁ vā sukhumaṁ vā hīnaṁ vā paṇītaṁ vā yaṁ dūre santike vā sabbaṁ rūpaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya disvā anupādā vimutto hoti.“Rāhula, one truly sees any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> form—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self,’ one is freed by not grasping.

2.1Yā kāci vedanā …pe…One truly sees any kind of feeling …2.2yā kāci saññā …perception …2.3ye keci saṅkhārā …choices …2.4yaṁ kiñci viññāṇaṁ atītānāgatapaccuppannaṁ ajjhattaṁ vā bahiddhā vā oḷārikaṁ vā sukhumaṁ vā hīnaṁ vā paṇītaṁ vā yaṁ dūre santike vā, sabbaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya disvā anupādā vimutto hoti.One truly sees any kind of consciousness at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> consciousness—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self,’ one is freed by not grasping.

2.5Evaṁ kho, rāhula, jānato evaṁ passato imasmiñca saviññāṇake kāye bahiddhā ca sabbanimittesu ahaṅkāramamaṅkāramānāpagataṁ mānasaṁ hoti vidhā samatikkantaṁ santaṁ suvimuttan”ti.That’s how to know and see so that the heart is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit for this conscious body and externally for all signs; and going beyond discrimination, it’s peaceful and well freed.”

2.6Dvādasamaṁ.

2.7Dutiyo vaggo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1PTS 2.254Cakkhu rūpañca viññāṇaṁ,3.2Samphasso vedanāya ca;3.3Saññā sañcetanā taṇhā,3.4Dhātu khandhena te dasa;3.5Anusayaṁ apagatañceva,3.6Vaggo tena pavuccatīti.

3.7Rāhulasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.The Linked Discourses with Rāhula are complete.

Translator’s notes

  1. Three kinds of discrimination, all based in conceit: “I’m better”, “I’m equal”, “I’m worse”.(SN 45.162).

    ↩ sn18.22:1.3