SN 24.14PTS SN 3.2151 min read

The Soul is One Thing, the Body Another

Aññaṁjīvaṁaññaṁsarīraṁsutta

The view that the soul and the body are different things 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 24.14Linked Discourses 24.14
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0.3AññaṁjīvaṁaññaṁsarīraṁsuttaThe Soul is One Thing, the Body Another

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‘aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīran’”ti?‘The soul is one thing, the body another’?” …¹

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

1.6Cuddasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

This is a basic view of the Jains.
↩ sn24.14:1.3