Linked Discourses 23.17 2. About Māra (2nd) Not-Self (SN23.17)

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

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“‘anattā, anattā’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of ‘not-self’.

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Katamo nu kho, bhante, anattā”ti?

What is not-self?”

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“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, anattā, vedanā anattā, saññā anattā, saṅkhārā anattā, viññāṇaṁ anattā.

“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are not-self.

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Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

Seeing this …

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nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

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Sattamaṁ.