[85] "Bhikkhus, whatever bhikkhu does not understand as it really is the origin, the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to the six bases of contact (phassāyatanāni), the holy life (brahmacariya) has not been lived to its completion by him; he is far from this Dhamma and Discipline."
When this was said, a certain bhikkhu said to the Blessed One: "Here, venerable sir, I am lost; for I, venerable sir, do not understand as it really is the origin, the passing away, the gratification, the danger, and the escape in regard to the six bases of contact."
"What do you think, bhikkhu? Do you regard the eye thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?"
"No, venerable sir."
"Good, bhikkhu. And here, bhikkhu, the eye will thus have been well seen by you with right wisdom, as it really is: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.' Just this is the end of suffering (dukkha). … Do you regard the tongue thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?"
"No, venerable sir."
"Good, bhikkhu. And here, bhikkhu, the tongue will thus have been well seen by you with right wisdom, as it really is: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.' Just this is the end of suffering. … Do you regard the mind thus: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?"
"No, venerable sir."
"Good, bhikkhu. And here, bhikkhu, the mind will thus have been well seen by you with right wisdom, as it really is: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.' Just this is the end of suffering."
The Ninth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.