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Not-Self

Anattasutta

Rādha asks the Buddha about not-self, and the Buddha explains in terms of the five aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.17Linked Discourses 23.17
  • 0.22. Dutiyamāravagga2. About Māra (2nd)

0.3AnattasuttaNot-Self

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

1.3“‘anattā, anattā’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of ‘not-self’.1.4Katamo nu kho, bhante, anattā”ti?What is not-self?”

1.5“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, anattā, vedanā anattā, saññā anattā, saṅkhārā anattā, viññāṇaṁ anattā.“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are not-self.

1.6Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.7nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.8Sattamaṁ.