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With Rādha on Not-Self

Rādhaanattasutta

Venerable Rādha asks for a teaching to take on retreat. The Buddha told him to abandon desire for sense experience, which is not-self.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.78Linked Discourses 35.78
  • 0.28. Gilānavagga8. Sick

0.3RādhaanattasuttaWith Rādha on Not-Self

1.1“Yo kho, rādha, anattā tatra te chando pahātabbo.“Rādha, you should give up desire for what is not-self. …”1.2Ko ca, rādha, anattā?1.3Cakkhu kho, rādha, anattā. Tatra te chando pahātabbo.1.4Rūpā …1.5cakkhuviññāṇaṁ …1.6cakkhusamphasso …1.7yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā …pe…1.8mano anattā …1.9dhammā …1.10manoviññāṇaṁ …1.11manosamphasso …1.12yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi anattā. Tatra te chando pahātabbo.1.13Yo kho, rādha, anattā tatra te chando pahātabbo”ti.

1.14Pañcamaṁ.