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Interior and Cause Are Not-Self

Ajjhattānattahetusutta

Since the causes of the six interior sense fields are not-self, how can the senses be self?

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.142Linked Discourses 35.142
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0.3AjjhattānattahetusuttaInterior and Cause Are Not-Self

1.1PTS 4.131“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anattā.“Mendicants, the eye is not-self.1.2Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi anattā.The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also not-self.1.3Anattasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto attā bhavissati …pe…Since the eye is produced by what is not-self, how could it be self?

1.4jivhā anattā.The ear … nose … tongue … body …1.5Yopi hetu yopi paccayo jivhāya uppādāya, sopi anattā.1.6Anattasambhūtā, bhikkhave, jivhā kuto attā bhavissati …pe…1.7mano anattā.mind is not-self.1.8Yopi hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi anattā.The cause and reason that gives rise to the mind is also not-self.1.9Anattasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto attā bhavissati.Since the mind is produced by what is not-self, how could it be self?

1.10Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.11nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.12Navamaṁ.