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SN 22.17PTS SN 3.221 min read

That Which is Not-Self

Yadanattāsutta

One should truly understand the five aggregates as not-self.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.17Linked Discourses 22.17
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0.3YadanattāsuttaThat Which is Not-Self

1.1PTS 3.23Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, anattā.“Mendicants, form is not-self.1.3Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

1.4Vedanā anattā …Feeling is not-self …

1.5saññā anattā …Perception is not-self …

1.6saṅkhārā anattā …Choices are not-self …

1.7viññāṇaṁ anattā.Consciousness is not-self.1.8Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’

1.9Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave …pe…Seeing this …1.10nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.11Chaṭṭhaṁ.