Linked Discourses 23.18 2. About Māra (2nd) Naturally Not-Self (SN23.18)

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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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“‘anattadhammo, anattadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of having ‘not-self nature’.

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Katamo nu kho, bhante, anattadhammo”ti?

What has a nature of not-self?”

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

“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness have a nature of 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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Aṭṭhamaṁ.