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SN 22.149PTS SN 3.1801 min read

Observing Not-Self

Anattānupassīsutta

One gone forth should dwell contemplating not-self in the aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.149Linked Discourses 22.149
  • 0.214. Kukkuḷavagga14. Burning Chaff

0.3AnattānupassīsuttaObserving Not-Self

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.1

1.2“Saddhāpabbajitassa, bhikkhave, kulaputtassa ayamanudhammo hoti—“Mendicants, when a gentleman has gone forth out of faith, this is what’s in line with the teaching.1.3yaṁ rūpe anattānupassī vihareyya.They should meditate observing not-self in form,1.4Vedanāya …feeling,1.5saññāya …perception,1.6saṅkhāresu …choices,1.7viññāṇe anattānupassī vihareyya.and consciousness. …1.8Anattānupassī viharanto, vedanāya …1.9saññāya …1.10saṅkhāresu …1.11viññāṇe anattānupassī viharanto rūpaṁ parijānāti, vedanaṁ …pe…1.12saññaṁ …1.13saṅkhāre …1.14viññāṇaṁ parijānāti.1.15So rūpaṁ parijānaṁ vedanaṁ parijānaṁ saññaṁ parijānaṁ saṅkhāre parijānaṁ viññāṇaṁ parijānaṁ parimuccati rūpamhā, parimuccati vedanāya, parimuccati saññāya, parimuccati saṅkhārehi, parimuccati viññāṇamhā, parimuccati jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi;1.16‘parimuccati dukkhasmā’ti vadāmī”ti.They’re freed from suffering, I say.”

1.17Cuddasamaṁ.

1.18Kukkuḷavaggo catuttho.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Kukkuḷā tayo aniccena,2.2dukkhena apare tayo;2.3Anattena tayo vuttā,2.4kulaputtena dve dukāti.

Translator’s notes

  1. This corresponds to SN 22.42.

    ↩ sn22.149:1.1