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SN 24.3PTS SN 3.2041 min read

This is My Self

Soattāsutta

The view that the self is identical with the cosmos 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 24.3Linked Discourses 24.3
  • 0.21. Sotāpattivagga1. Stream-Entry

0.3SoattāsuttaThis is My Self

1.1PTS 3.205Sāvatthinidānaṁ.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‘so attā, so loko, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo’”ti?‘The self and the cosmos are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, and imperishable’?”1

1.4“Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe….“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”

2.1“Rūpe kho, bhikkhave, sati, rūpaṁ upādāya, rūpaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:“When form exists, because of grasping form and insisting on form, the view arises:2.2‘so attā, so loko, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo’ti.‘The self and the cosmos are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, and imperishable.’2.3Vedanāya sati …pe…When feeling …2.4saññāya sati …perception …2.5saṅkhāresu sati …choices …2.6viññāṇe sati, viññāṇaṁ upādāya, viññāṇaṁ abhinivissa evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjati:consciousness exists, because of grasping consciousness and insisting on consciousness, the view arises:2.7‘so attā, so loko, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo’ti.‘The self and the cosmos are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, and imperishable.’

3.1Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,What do you think, mendicants?3.2rūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?Is form permanent or impermanent?”

3.3“Aniccaṁ, bhante” …pe…“Impermanent, sir.” …

3.4api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:3.5‘so attā …pe…3.6avipariṇāmadhammo’”ti?3.7“No hetaṁ, bhante”.

3.8“Vedanā …“Is feeling …3.9saññā …perception …3.10saṅkhārā …choices …3.11viññāṇaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?consciousness permanent or impermanent?”

3.12“Aniccaṁ bhante …pe…“Impermanent, sir.” …

3.13api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:3.14‘so attā …pe…3.15avipariṇāmadhammo’”ti?3.16“No hetaṁ, bhante”.

3.17“Yampidaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā tampi niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?“That which is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, and explored by the mind: is that permanent or impermanent?”

3.18“Aniccaṁ, bhante …pe…“Impermanent, sir.” …

3.19api nu taṁ anupādāya evaṁ diṭṭhi uppajjeyya:“But by not grasping what’s impermanent, suffering, and perishable, would such a view arise?”3.20‘so attā, so loko, so pecca bhavissāmi nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo’”ti?

3.21“No hetaṁ, bhante”.“No, sir.”

4.1“Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa imesu ca ṭhānesu kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti, dukkhepissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāyapissa kaṅkhā pahīnā hoti—“When a noble disciple has given up doubt regarding these six grounds, and has given up doubt in suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation,4.2ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyano”ti.they’re called a noble disciple who is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”

4.3Tatiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This is eternalism (sassatavāda), see SN 22.81:10.7, SN 12.17:5.1.

    ↩ sn24.3:1.3