{"id":"sn22.68","title":"Not-Self","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn22.68","title":"Not-Self","units":[{"id":"sn22.68:0","sourceIds":["sn22.68:0.1","sn22.68:0.2","sn22.68:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.68\n7. Arahantavagga\nAnattasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 22.68\n7. The Perfected Ones\nNot-Self"}},{"id":"sn22.68:1","sourceIds":["sn22.68:1.1","sn22.68:1.2","sn22.68:1.3","sn22.68:1.4","sn22.68:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nAtha kho aññataro bhikkhu …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu …pe… ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.\n“Yo kho, bhikkhu, anattā; tatra te chando pahātabbo”ti.\n“Aññātaṁ, bhagavā, aññātaṁ, sugatā”ti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,\n“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”\n“Mendicant, give up desire for what is not-self.”\n“Understood, Blessed One! Understood, Holy One!”"}},{"id":"sn22.68:2","sourceIds":["sn22.68:2.1","sn22.68:2.2","sn22.68:2.3","sn22.68:2.4","sn22.68:2.5","sn22.68:2.6","sn22.68:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsī”ti?\n“Rūpaṁ kho, bhante, anattā; tatra me chando pahātabbo.\nVedanā …\nsaññā …\nsaṅkhārā …\nviññāṇaṁ anattā; tatra me chando pahātabbo.\nImassa khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmī”ti.","en":"“But how do you see the detailed meaning of my brief statement?”\n“Sir, form is not-self; I should give up desire for it.\nFeeling …\nPerception …\nChoices …\nConsciousness is not-self; I should give up desire for it.\nThat’s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement.”"}},{"id":"sn22.68:3","sourceIds":["sn22.68:3.1","sn22.68:3.2","sn22.68:3.3","sn22.68:3.4","sn22.68:3.5","sn22.68:3.6","sn22.68:3.7","sn22.68:3.8","sn22.68:3.9","sn22.68:3.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhu.\nSādhu kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsi.\nRūpaṁ kho, bhikkhu, anattā; tatra te chando pahātabbo.\nVedanā …\nsaññā …\nsaṅkhārā …\nviññāṇaṁ anattā; tatra te chando pahātabbo.\nImassa kho, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena attho daṭṭhabbo”ti …pe…\naññataro ca pana so bhikkhu arahataṁ ahosīti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"“Good, good, mendicant!\nIt’s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I’ve said in brief like this.\nForm is not-self; you should give up desire for it.\nFeeling …\nPerception …\nChoices …\nConsciousness is not-self; you should give up desire for it.\nThis is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.” …\nAnd that mendicant became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.68/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}