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SN 35.227

The Exterior as Not-Self

Bāhirāyatanaanattasutta

from: 17. Sixty Abbreviated Texts

The Exterior as Not-Self

“Mendicants, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are not-self.

Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

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

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