Interior and Cause Are Not-Self

Ajjhattānattahetusutta

Interior and Cause Are Not-Self

Ajjhattānattahetusutta

EN
“Mendicants, the eye is not-self. The cause and reason that gives rise to the eye is also not-self. Since the eye is produced by what is not-self, how could it be self? The ear … nose … tongue … body …
PL
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, anattā. Yopi hetu, yopi paccayo cakkhussa uppādāya, sopi anattā. Anattasambhūtaṁ, bhikkhave, cakkhu kuto attā bhavissati …pe… jivhā anattā.
EN
mind is not-self. The cause and reason that gives rise to the mind is also not-self.
PL
Yopi hetu yopi paccayo jivhāya uppādāya, sopi anattā. Anattasambhūtā, bhikkhave, jivhā kuto attā bhavissati …pe… mano anattā. Yopi hetu yopi paccayo manassa uppādāya, sopi anattā.
EN
Since the mind is produced by what is not-self, how could it be self? Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”
PL
Anattasambhūto, bhikkhave, mano kuto attā bhavissati. Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti. Navamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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