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The Soul and the Body are One and the Same

Taṁjīvaṁtaṁsarīraṁsutta

The view that the soul is the same thing as the body is given up by seeing the aggregates, as well as what is seen, heard, thought, and known, as impermanent.

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

0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 24.13Linked Discourses 24.13
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0.3TaṁjīvaṁtaṁsarīraṁsuttaThe Soul and the Body are One and the Same

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati, kiṁ upādāya, kiṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:“Mendicants, when what exists, because of grasping what and insisting on what, does the view arise:1.3‘taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīran’”ti?‘The soul and the body are one and the same’?” …

1.4“Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…1.5niyato sambodhiparāyano”ti.

1.6Terasamaṁ.