[253] … to one side … "… may I dwell."
"Whatever, Koṭṭhika, is not-self (anattā), desire (chanda) for that should be abandoned by you. And what, Koṭṭhika, is not-self? The eye, Koṭṭhika, is not-self; desire for it should be abandoned by you. Forms are not-self; desire for them should be abandoned by you. Eye-consciousness is not-self; desire for it should be abandoned by you. Eye-contact is not-self; desire for it should be abandoned by you. Whatever feeling (vedanā) arises with eye-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too is not-self; desire for it should be abandoned by you. … The tongue is not-self; desire for it should be abandoned by you. … The mind is not-self; desire for it should be abandoned by you. Mental phenomena are not-self; desire for them should be abandoned by you. Mind-consciousness, mind-contact, and whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too is not-self; desire for it should be abandoned by you. Whatever, Koṭṭhika, is not-self, desire for that should be abandoned by you."
The ninth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.