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SN 35.227PTS SN 4.1561 min read

The Exterior as Not-Self

Bāhirāyatanaanattasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.227Linked Discourses 35.227
  • 0.217. Saṭṭhipeyyālavagga17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

0.3BāhirāyatanaanattasuttaThe Exterior as Not-Self

1.1“Rūpā, bhikkhave, anattā. Saddā … gandhā … rasā … phoṭṭhabbā … dhammā anattā.“Mendicants, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are not-self.

1.2Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.3nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.4Saṭṭhipeyyālo samatto.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Chandenaṭṭhārasa honti,2.2atītena ca dve nava;2.3Yadaniccāṭṭhārasa vuttā,2.4tayo ajjhattabāhirā;2.5Peyyālo saṭṭhiko vutto,2.6buddhenādiccabandhunāti.

2.7Suttantāni saṭṭhi.