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Naturally Not-Self

Anattadhammasutta

Rādha asks the Buddha about what is of selfless nature, and the Buddha explains in terms of the five aggregates.

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

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0.3AnattadhammasuttaNaturally Not-Self

1.1PTS 3.197Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

1.3“‘anattadhammo, anattadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of having ‘not-self nature’.1.4Katamo nu kho, bhante, anattadhammo”ti?What has a nature of not-self?”

1.5“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, anattadhammo, vedanā anattadhammo, saññā anattadhammo, saṅkhārā anattadhammo, viññāṇaṁ anattadhammo.“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness have a nature of not-self.

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

1.8Aṭṭhamaṁ.