Devāsurasaṅgāmasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 354

[354] "'I am,' bhikkhus—this is a conceiving (maññita). 'I am this'—this is a conceiving. 'I shall be'—this is a conceiving. 'I shall not be'—this is a conceiving. 'I shall be possessed of form'—this is a conceiving. 'I shall be formless'—this is a conceiving. 'I shall be percipient'—this is a conceiving. 'I shall be non-percipient'—this is a conceiving. 'I shall be neither percipient nor non-percipient'—this is a conceiving. Conceiving, bhikkhus, is a disease; conceiving is a tumor; conceiving is a dart. Therefore, bhikkhus, you should train thus: 'We shall dwell with a mind (citta) that does not conceive.' Thus indeed, bhikkhus, should you train."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.