Channasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 107

[107] [Sāriputta:] "We would ask the Venerable Channa about a certain point, if the Venerable Channa will make an opportunity for the answering of the question." [Channa:] "Ask, friend Sāriputta; having heard, I shall declare." [Sāriputta:] "Friend Channa, do you regard the eye, eye-consciousness, and the dhammas cognizable by eye-consciousness thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'? … Friend Channa, do you regard the tongue, tongue-consciousness, and the dhammas cognizable by tongue-consciousness thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'? … Friend Channa, do you regard the mind (mano), mind-consciousness, and the dhammas cognizable by mind-consciousness thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?" [Channa:] "Friend Sāriputta, I regard the eye, eye-consciousness, and the dhammas cognizable by eye-consciousness thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.' … Friend Sāriputta, I regard the tongue, tongue-consciousness, and the dhammas cognizable by tongue-consciousness thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not …' … Friend Sāriputta, I regard the mind, mind-consciousness, and the dhammas cognizable by mind-consciousness thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.