SN35:56"Venerable sir, how should one know, how should one see, for the taints to be abandoned?

SN35:57"Venerable sir, how should one know, how should one see, for the taints to be uprooted?

SN35:58"Venerable sir, how should one know, how should one see, for the underlying tendencies to be abandoned?

SN35:59"Venerable sir, how should one know, how should one see, for the underlying tendencies to be uprooted?"[n.23] On the three taints (āsava), see SN38.8, 45:163; for the seven underlying tendencies (anusaya), see SN45.175.

"Bhikkhu, when one knows and sees the eye as nonself, …
When one knows and sees as nonself forms … eye-consciousness … eye-contact …
When one knows and sees as nonself whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition— whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant—
- the taints are abandoned;
- the taints are uprooted;
- the underlying tendencies are abandoned;
- the underlying tendencies are uprooted.

"When one knows and sees the ear as nonself, …
When one knows and sees as nonself sounds … ear-consciousness … ear-contact …
When one knows and sees as nonself whatever feeling arises with ear-contact as condition,
- the taints are abandoned;
- the taints are uprooted;
- the underlying tendencies are abandoned;
- the underlying tendencies are uprooted.

"When one knows and sees the nose as nonself, …
When one knows and sees as nonself odours … nose-consciousness … nose-contact …
When one knows and sees as nonself whatever feeling arises with nose-contact as condition,
- the taints are abandoned;
- the taints are uprooted;
- the underlying tendencies are abandoned;
- the underlying tendencies are uprooted.

"When one knows and sees the tongue as nonself, …
When one knows and sees as nonself tastes … tongue-consciousness … tongue-contact …
When one knows and sees as nonself whatever feeling arises with tongue-contact as condition,
- the taints are abandoned;
- the taints are uprooted;
- the underlying tendencies are abandoned;
- the underlying tendencies are uprooted.

"When one knows and sees the body as nonself, …
When one knows and sees as nonself tactile objects … body-consciousness … body-contact …
When one knows and sees as nonself whatever feeling arises with body-contact as condition,
- the taints are abandoned;
- the taints are uprooted;
- the underlying tendencies are abandoned;
- the underlying tendencies are uprooted.

"When one knows and sees the mind as nonself, …
When one knows and sees as nonself mental phenomena … mind-consciousness … mind-contact …
When one knows and sees as nonself whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition— whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant—
- the taints are abandoned;
- the taints are uprooted;
- the underlying tendencies are abandoned;
- the underlying tendencies are uprooted.

"When one knows and sees thus, bhikkhu,
the taints are abandoned;
the taints are uprooted;
the underlying tendencies are abandoned;
the underlying tendencies are uprooted."