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SN 35.183-185

Desire, Etc. for the Not-Self Exterior

Bāhirānattachandādisutta

from: 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

Desire, Etc. for the Not-Self Exterior

“Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is not-self. And what is not-self?

Sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are not-self …”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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