Light/Dark
☰

Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN23: Connected Discourses with Radha

SN23:17 Nonself

1At Sāvatthī. Sitting to one side, the Venerable Radha said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, it is said, ‘nonself, nonself.’ What now, venerable sir, is nonself?"

"Form, Radha, is nonself, feeling is nonself, perception is nonself, volitional formations are nonself, consciousness is nonself.


"Seeing thus, the instructed noble disciple experiences revulsion towards form, revulsion towards feeling, revulsion towards perception, revulsion towards volitional formations, revulsion towards consciousness.

Experiencing revulsion, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion his mind is liberated. When it is liberated there comes the knowledge: ‘It's liberated.’ He understands: ‘Destroyed is birth, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being.’"

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "‘anattā, anattā’ti, bhante, vuccati. Katamo nu kho, bhante, anattā"ti?

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


Evaṁ passaṁ … pe … nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī"ti.


Sattamaṁ.