SN 35.57PTS SN 4.321 min read

Uprooting Defilements

Āsavasamugghātasutta

A mendicant asks the Buddha how to see so as to uproot the defilements. The Buddha says one should see the six interior and exterior sense fields as not-self.

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0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.57Linked Discourses 35.57
0.26. Avijjāvagga6. Ignorance

0.3ĀsavasamugghātasuttaUprooting Defilements

1.1“Kathaṁ nu kho, bhante, jānato, kathaṁ passato āsavā samugghātaṁ gacchantī”ti …pe….“Sir, how does one know and see so that the defilements are uprooted?” …

1.2Pañcamaṁ.