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The Interior as Not-Self in the Three Times

Ajjhattānattātītānāgatasutta

In the past, future, and present, the six interior sense fields are not-self. When a noble disciple truly sees them like this, they become disillusioned and liberated.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.9Linked Discourses 35.9
  • 0.21. Aniccavagga1. Impermanence

0.3AjjhattānattātītānāgatasuttaThe Interior as Not-Self in the Three Times

1.1PTS 4.5“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anattā atītānāgataṁ;“Mendicants, the eye of the past and future is not-self,1.2ko pana vādo paccuppannassa.let alone the present.

1.3Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako atītasmiṁ cakkhusmiṁ anapekkho hoti;Seeing this, a learned noble disciple is not concerned with the eye of the past,1.4anāgataṁ cakkhuṁ nābhinandati;they don’t look forward to enjoying the eye in the future,1.5paccuppannassa cakkhussa nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti.and they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye in the present. …”1.6Sotaṁ anattā …pe…1.7ghānaṁ anattā …pe…1.8jivhā anattā atītānāgatā;1.9ko pana vādo paccuppannāya.

1.10Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako atītāya jivhāya anapekkho hoti;1.11anāgataṁ jivhaṁ nābhinandati;1.12paccuppannāya jivhāya nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti.1.13Kāyo anattā …pe…1.14mano anattā atītānāgato;1.15ko pana vādo paccuppannassa.

1.16Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako atītasmiṁ manasmiṁ anapekkho hoti;1.17anāgataṁ manaṁ nābhinandati;1.18paccuppannassa manassa nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hotī”ti.

1.19Navamaṁ.