a well-instructed disciples of the noble one assumes about form, feeling, perception, fabrications: 'This is not me, this is not my self, this is not what I am.'
about what is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, pondered by the intellect:
'This is not me, this is not my self, this is not what I am.'
about the view — 'This cosmos is the self. After death this I will be constant, permanent, eternal, not subject to change. I will stay just like that for an eternity':
'This is not me, this is not my self, this is not what I am.'
Seeing thus, they are not agitated over what is not present.
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Alagaddūpama Sutta MN:22 Show more
https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN22.html translation and commentary by Thannisaro Bhikkhu