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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Linked Discourses

Vol 1:
Verses
SN1-11
Vol 2:
Causation
SN12-21
Vol 3:
Aggregates
SN22-34
Vol 4:
Sense Bases
SN35-44
Vol 5:
Great Book
SN45-56

35. Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta: On the Six Sense Fields

III. All — SN35.30: The Practice Fit for Uprooting

1“Mendicants, I will teach you the practice fit for uprooting all identifying. Listen and pay close attention, I will speak. …

And what is the practice fit for uprooting all identifying?


It’s when a mendicant does not identify with the eye, does not identify regarding the eye, does not identify as the eye, and does not identify ‘the eye is mine.’ They don’t identify with sights, they don’t identify regarding sights, they don’t identify as sights, and they don’t identify ‘sights are mine.’ They don’t identify with eye consciousness … eye contact … They don’t identify with the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact. They don’t identify regarding that, they don’t identify as that, and they don’t identify ‘that is mine.’


They don’t identify with the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind … They don’t identify with the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact. They don’t identify regarding that, they don’t identify as that, and they don’t identify ‘that is mine.’


They don’t identify with all, they don’t identify regarding all, they don’t identify as all, and they don’t identify ‘all is mine.’

Not identifying, they don’t grasp at anything in the world. Not grasping, they’re not anxious. Not being anxious, they personally become extinguished.


They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is no return to any state of existence.’

This is the practice fit for uprooting all identifying.”

1"Sabbamaññitasamugghātasāruppaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paṭipadāṁ desessāmi. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmīti.

Katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, sabbamaññitasamugghātasāruppā paṭipadā?


Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhuṁ na maññati, cakkhusmiṁ na maññati, cakkhuto na maññati, cakkhuṁ meti na maññati. Rūpe na maññati, rūpesu na maññati, rūpato na maññati, rūpā meti na maññati. Cakkhuviññāṇaṁ na maññati, cakkhuviññāṇasmiṁ na maññati, cakkhuviññāṇato na maññati, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ meti na maññati. Cakkhusamphassaṁ na maññati, cakkhusamphassasmiṁ na maññati, cakkhusamphassato na maññati, cakkhusamphasso meti na maññati. Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññati, tasmimpi na maññati, tatopi na maññati, taṁ meti na maññati … pe …


Jivhaṁ na maññati, jivhāya na maññati, jivhāto na maññati, jivhā meti na maññati. Rase na maññati, rasesu na maññati, rasato na maññati, rasā meti na maññati. Jivhāviññāṇaṁ na maññati, jivhāviññāṇasmiṁ na maññati, jivhāviññāṇato na maññati, jivhāviññāṇaṁ meti na maññati. Jivhāsamphassaṁ na maññati, jivhāsamphassasmiṁ na maññati, jivhāsamphassato na maññati, jivhāsamphasso meti na maññati. Yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññati, tasmimpi na maññati, tatopi na maññati, taṁ meti na maññati … pe … manaṁ na maññati, manasmiṁ na maññati, manato na maññati, mano meti na maññati. Dhamme na maññati, dhammesu na maññati, dhammato na maññati, dhammā meti na maññati. Manoviññāṇaṁ na maññati, manoviññāṇasmiṁ na maññati, manoviññāṇato na maññati, manoviññāṇaṁ meti na maññati. Manosamphassaṁ na maññati, manosamphassasmiṁ na maññati, manosamphassato na maññati, manosamphasso meti na maññati. Yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññati, tasmimpi na maññati, tatopi na maññati, taṁ meti na maññati.


Sabbaṁ na maññati, sabbasmiṁ na maññati, sabbato na maññati, sabbaṁ meti na maññati.

So evaṁ amaññamāno na ca kiñci loke upādiyati. Anupādiyaṁ na paritassati. Aparitassaṁ paccattaññeva parinibbāyati.


‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti.

Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, sabbamaññitasamugghātasāruppā paṭipadā"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.