Sappāyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 34

[34] "Bhikkhus, I shall teach you the practice suitable (sappāya) for the uprooting of all conceiving (maññita). Listen to it. And what, bhikkhus, is that practice suitable for the uprooting of all conceiving? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu does not conceive the eye, does not conceive in the eye, does not conceive from the eye, does not conceive 'the eye is mine.' He does not conceive forms. He does not conceive eye-consciousness. He does not conceive eye-contact. And whatever feeling (vedanā) arises with eye-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too he does not conceive, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive 'that is mine.' For, bhikkhus, whatever one conceives, whatever one conceives in, whatever one conceives from, whatever one conceives as 'mine' — that becomes otherwise. The world, attached to existence, becoming otherwise, delights only in existence. … "He does not conceive the tongue, does not conceive in the tongue, does not conceive from the tongue, does not conceive 'the tongue is mine.' He does not conceive tastes, tongue-consciousness, tongue-contact. And whatever feeling arises with tongue-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too he does not conceive, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive 'that is mine.' For, bhikkhus, whatever one conceives, whatever one conceives in, whatever one conceives from, whatever one conceives as 'mine' — that becomes otherwise. The world, attached to existence, becoming otherwise, delights only in existence. … "He does not conceive the mind, does not conceive in the mind, does not conceive from the mind, does not conceive 'the mind is mine.' He does not conceive mind-objects (dhammā), mind-consciousness, mind-contact. And whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too he does not conceive, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive 'that is mine.' For, bhikkhus, whatever one conceives, whatever one conceives in, whatever one conceives from, whatever one conceives as 'mine' — that becomes otherwise. The world, attached to existence, becoming otherwise, delights only in existence. "Bhikkhus, as far as the aggregates, elements (dhātu), and sense bases (āyatana) extend, that too he does not conceive, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive 'that is mine.' Not conceiving thus, he does not cling to anything in the world. Not clinging, he is not agitated. Not agitated, he personally attains Nibbāna. He understands: 'Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being.' This, bhikkhus, is that practice suitable for the uprooting of all conceiving." The Ninth.

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

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