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Uprooting Tendencies

Anusayasamugghātasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.59Linked Discourses 35.59
  • 0.26. Avijjāvagga6. Ignorance

0.3AnusayasamugghātasuttaUprooting Tendencies

1.1“Kathaṁ nu kho …pe…“Sir, how does one know and see so that the underlying tendencies are uprooted?” …1.2anusayā samugghātaṁ gacchantī”ti?1.3“Cakkhuṁ kho, bhikkhu, anattato jānato passato anusayā samugghātaṁ gacchanti …pe…1.4sotaṁ …1.5ghānaṁ …1.6jivhaṁ …1.7kāyaṁ …1.8manaṁ …1.9dhamme …1.10manoviññāṇaṁ …1.11manosamphassaṁ …1.12yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattato jānato passato anusayā samugghātaṁ gacchanti.1.13Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, jānato evaṁ passato anusayā samugghātaṁ gacchantī”ti.

1.14Sattamaṁ.