Surādhasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 148

[148] At Sāvatthī. … There the Venerable Surādha said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, how does one know, how does one see, so that in regard to this conscious body and all external signs, the mind (citta) is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit, has transcended the modes of conceit (vidhā), is peaceful,¹ and is thoroughly liberated?" "Whatever form (rūpa) there is, Surādha, whether past, future, or present, … whether² far or near — having seen all form as it really is (yathābhūta) with right wisdom thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self,' one is liberated through non-clinging. Whatever feeling (vedanā) there is … whatever perception there is … whatever volitional formations there are … whatever consciousness there is, whether past, future, or present, … whether far or near — having seen all consciousness as it really is with right wisdom thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self,' one is liberated through non-clinging. When one knows thus, Surādha, when one sees thus, in regard to this conscious body and all external signs, the mind is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit, has transcended the modes of conceit, is peaceful, and is thoroughly liberated." … And the Venerable Surādha became one of the arahants. The Arahanta Chapter, the second. Its summary (uddāna): Clinging, conceiving, and then delighting, Impermanent, suffering, and non-self, Not belonging to self, established as enticing, With Rādha and Surādha — these are the ten. ________________ ¹ In the Po. and Yu. editions, "santaṃ" (peaceful) is absent. ² Yu. edition reads "yaṃ dūre vā." The Khajjaniya Chapter, the third, of the Middle Fifty of the Khandhasaṃyutta.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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