SN.35.149. Anattanibbānasappāyasutta ("Not-Self as Conducive to Extinguishment")

Saṁyutta Nikāya ("The Linked Discourses")

“Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment. Listen …

And what is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment?

It’s when a mendicant sees that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are not-self. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact is also not-self.

They see that the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, thoughts, mind-consciousness, and mind contact are not-self. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact is also not-self.

This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”



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