[819] If anyone should say, "The ear is self" … If anyone should say, "The nose is self" … If anyone should say, "The tongue is self" … If anyone should say, "The body is self" … If anyone should say, "The mind (mano) is self," that is not tenable. The arising and the vanishing of the mind are evident. Now, since its arising and vanishing are evident, it would follow for him thus: "My self arises and vanishes." Therefore it is not tenable for anyone to say, "The mind is self." Thus the mind is not-self (anattā).
If anyone should say, "Mind-objects (dhammā) are self," that is not tenable. The arising and the vanishing of mind-objects are evident. Now, since their arising and vanishing are evident, it would follow for him thus: "My self arises and vanishes." Therefore it is not tenable for anyone to say, "Mind-objects are self." Thus the mind is not-self, mind-objects are not-self.
If anyone should say, "Mind-consciousness (manoviññāṇa) is self," that is not tenable. The arising and the vanishing of mind-consciousness are evident. Now, since its arising and vanishing are evident, it would follow for him thus: "My self arises and vanishes." Therefore it is not tenable for anyone to say, "Mind-consciousness is self." Thus the mind is not-self, mind-objects are not-self, mind-consciousness is not-self.
If anyone should say, "Mind-contact (manosamphassa) is self," that is not tenable. The arising and the vanishing of mind-contact are evident. Now, since its arising and vanishing are evident, it would follow for him thus: "My self arises and vanishes." Therefore it is not tenable for anyone to say, "Mind-contact is self." Thus the mind is not-self, mind-objects are not-self, mind-consciousness is not-self, mind-contact is not-self.
If anyone should say, "Feeling (vedanā) is self," that is not tenable. The arising and the vanishing of feeling are evident. Now, since its arising and vanishing are evident, it would follow for him thus: "My self arises and vanishes." Therefore it is not tenable for anyone to say, "Feeling is self." Thus the mind is not-self, mind-objects are not-self, mind-consciousness is not-self, mind-contact is not-self, feeling is not-self.
If anyone should say, "Craving (taṇhā) is self," that is not tenable. The arising and the vanishing of craving are evident. Now, since its arising and vanishing are evident, it would follow for him thus: "My self arises and vanishes." Therefore it is not tenable for anyone to say, "Craving is self." Thus the mind is not-self, mind-objects are not-self, mind-consciousness is not-self, mind-contact is not-self, feeling is not-self, craving is not-self.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.