Alagaddūpamasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 12 · Section 281

[281] Bhikkhus, there are these six standpoints for views (diṭṭhiṭṭhāna). What six? Here, bhikkhus, an uninstructed worldling (puthujjana), who has no regard for the noble ones, who is unskilled in the Dhamma of the noble ones and undisciplined in the Dhamma of the noble ones, who has no regard for true persons, who is unskilled in the Dhamma of true persons and undisciplined in the Dhamma of true persons, regards form thus: "This is mine, this I am, this is my self"; he regards feeling (vedanā) thus: "This is mine, this I am, this is my self"; he regards perception thus: "This is mine, this I am, this is my self"; he regards volitional formations thus: "This is mine, this I am, this is my self"; and whatever is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, and ranged over by the mind—that too he regards thus: "This is mine, this I am, this is my self"; and this standpoint for views as well: "That which is the world is the self; after death I shall be that—permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change; I shall endure just so, for as long as eternity"—that too he regards thus: "This is mine, this I am, this is my self." But, bhikkhus, an instructed noble disciple, who has regard for the noble ones, who is skilled in the Dhamma of the noble ones and well disciplined in the Dhamma of the noble ones, who has regard for true persons, who is skilled in the Dhamma of true persons and well disciplined in the Dhamma of true persons, regards form thus: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self"; he regards feeling thus: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self"; he regards perception thus: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self"; he regards volitional formations thus: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self"; and whatever is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, and ranged over by the mind—that too he regards thus: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self"; and this standpoint for views as well: "That which is the world is the self; after death I shall be that—permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change; I shall endure just so, for as long as eternity"—that too he regards thus: "This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self." Regarding them thus, he is not agitated over what is non-existent.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.