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SN 22.118PTS SN 3.1651 min read

Questioning

Paripucchitasutta

The Buddha questions the mendicants on the aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.118Linked Discourses 22.118
  • 0.212. Dhammakathikavagga12. A Dhamma speaker

0.3ParipucchitasuttaQuestioning

1.1PTS 3.166Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,“What do you think, mendicants?1.3rūpaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassathā”ti?Do you regard form like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”

1.4“No hetaṁ, bhante”.“No, sir.”

1.5“Sādhu, bhikkhave.“Good, mendicants!1.6Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.Form should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’1.7Vedanaṁ …Do you regard feeling …1.8saññaṁ …perception …1.9saṅkhāre …choices …1.10viññāṇaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassathā”ti?consciousness like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”

1.11“No hetaṁ, bhante”.“No, sir.”

1.12“Sādhu, bhikkhave.“Good, mendicants!1.13Viññāṇaṁ, bhikkhave, ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ …pe…Consciousness should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

1.14evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.15nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.16Chaṭṭhaṁ.