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The conceit "I am"
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Map of the Teaching (1) Map of the Teaching
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DN 34
The conceit “I am”
… am” What one thing should be given up? The conceit ‘I am’. asmimāna — the subtle sense of self that remains long after coarse views are …
Study texts (2) Study text
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What Nibbāna is not
Nibbāna (part 3)
… — the gross view of personality — falls away already at stream-entry. asmimāna — the fine residual conceit "I am" — remains until arahantship. Khemaka, a …
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The fivefoldness of the one reality
Comparative · Theravāda – Vajrayāna – Śaivism
… from this point of view still be a subtle conceit of I (asmimāna). Whether the experience of unity is goal or preliminary stage depends on whether …
Discourses (14) Canon
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SN22.102
The Perception of Impermanence
… kāmarāgaṁ pariyādiyati, sabbaṁ rūparāgaṁ pariyādiyati, sabbaṁ bhavarāgaṁ pariyādiyati, sabbaṁ avijjaṁ pariyādiyati, sabbaṁ asmimānaṁ samūhanati. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, saradasamaye kassako mahānaṅgalena kasanto sabbāni mūlasantānakāni sampadālento kasati; evameva kho, …
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Pe 2
2. Sāsanapaṭṭhānadutiyabhūmi
German only
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… nibbatteti. Kiñcāpi ettha aññepi cattāro kilesā rūparāgo bhavarāgo avijjā uddhaccaṁ ketusmimānabhūtā nappaṭibalā asmimānaṁ vinivattetuṁ, sabbepi te asmimānassa pahānaṁ ārabhate. Khīṇesu na ca tesu idamuttaridassanabhūmiyaṁ pañcasu sekkhapuggalesu …
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AN9.1
Awakening
… bhāvetabbā rāgassa pahānāya, mettā bhāvetabbā byāpādassa pahānāya, ānāpānassati bhāvetabbā vitakkupacchedāya, aniccasaññā bhāvetabbā asmimānasamugghātāya. Aniccasaññino, bhikkhave, anattasaññā saṇṭhāti. Anattasaññī asmimānasamugghātaṁ pāpuṇāti diṭṭheva dhamme nibbānan”ti. Paṭhamaṁ.
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AN9.3
With Meghiya
… bhāvetabbā rāgassa pahānāya, mettā bhāvetabbā byāpādassa pahānāya, ānāpānassati bhāvetabbā vitakkupacchedāya, aniccasaññā bhāvetabbā asmimānasamugghātāya. Aniccasaññino, meghiya, anattasaññā saṇṭhāti. Anattasaññī asmimānasamugghātaṁ pāpuṇāti diṭṭheva dhamme nibbānan”ti. Tatiyaṁ.
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Ud 4.1
With Meghiya
… bhāvetabbā rāgassa pahānāya, mettā bhāvetabbā byāpādassa pahānāya, ānāpānassati bhāvetabbā vitakkupacchedāya, aniccasaññā bhāvetabbā asmimānasamugghātāya. Aniccasaññino hi, meghiya, anattasaññā saṇṭhāti, anattasaññī asmimānasamugghātaṁ pāpuṇāti diṭṭheva dhamme nibbānan”ti. Atha kho …
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DN33
Reciting in Concert
… vicikicchākathaṅkathāsallaṁ cittaṁ pariyādāya ṭhassati, netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati. Nissaraṇaṁ hetaṁ, āvuso, vicikicchākathaṅkathāsallassa, yadidaṁ asmimānasamugghāto’ti. Cha anuttariyāni— dassanānuttariyaṁ, savanānuttariyaṁ, lābhānuttariyaṁ, sikkhānuttariyaṁ, pāricariyānuttariyaṁ, anussatānuttariyaṁ. Cha anussatiṭṭhānāni— buddhānussati, dhammānussati, saṅghānussati, …
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DN34
Up to Ten
… vicikicchākathaṅkathāsallaṁ cittaṁ pariyādāya ṭhassati, netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati. Nissaraṇaṁ hetaṁ, āvuso, vicikicchākathaṅkathāsallassa, yadidaṁ asmimānasamugghāto’ti. Ime cha dhammā duppaṭivijjhā. Katame cha dhammā uppādetabbā? Cha satatavihārā. Idhāvuso, bhikkhu cakkhunā …
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SN35.241
The Simile of the Tree Trunk (1st)
… āyatanānaṁ adhivacanaṁ. ‘Majjhe saṁsādo’ti kho, bhikkhu, nandīrāgassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ. ‘Thale ussādo’ti kho, bhikkhu, asmimānassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ. Katamo ca, bhikkhu, manussaggāho? Idha, bhikkhu, gihīhi saṁsaṭṭho viharati, sahanandī sahasokī, sukhitesu …
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AN6.29
With Udāyī
… kho kāyo evaṁdhammo evaṁbhāvī evaṁanatīto’ti. Idaṁ, bhante, anussatiṭṭhānaṁ evaṁ bhāvitaṁ evaṁ bahulīkataṁ asmimānasamugghātāya saṁvattati. Puna caparaṁ, bhante, bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā …pe… catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati. …
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Ud 2.1
With Mucalinda
… sutadhammassa passato; Abyāpajjaṁ sukhaṁ loke, pāṇabhūtesu saṁyamo. Sukhā virāgatā loke, kāmānaṁ samatikkamo; Asmimānassa yo vinayo, etaṁ ve paramaṁ sukhan”ti. Paṭhamaṁ.
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Tha Ap 4
Mahāmoggallānattheraapadāna
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… pariññāya, viharāmi anāsavo. Dharaṇimpi sugambhīraṁ, bahalaṁ duppadhaṁsiyaṁ; Vāmaṅguṭṭhena khobheyyaṁ, iddhiyā pāramiṁ gato. Asmimānaṁ na passāmi, māno mayhaṁ na vijjati; Sāmaṇere upādāya, garucittaṁ karomahaṁ. Aparimeyye ito kappe, …
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Mnd 14
14. Tuvaṭakasuttaniddesa
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… chando asmīti anusayoti. Mūlaṁ papañcasaṅkhāya iti bhagavā. <b>Mantā asmīti sabbamuparundhe</b>ti. Papañcasaṅkhāya mūlañca asmimānañca mantāya sabbaṁ rundheyya uparundheyya nirodheyya vūpasameyya atthaṅgameyya paṭipassambheyyāti— mūlaṁ papañcasaṅkhāya iti bhagavā, mantā …
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Kd 1
The great chapter
… sutadhammassa passato; Abyāpajjaṁ sukhaṁ loke, pāṇabhūtesu saṁyamo. Sukhā virāgatā loke, kāmānaṁ samatikkamo; Asmimānassa yo vinayo, etaṁ ve paramaṁ sukhan”ti. Mucalindakathā niṭṭhitā. 4. Rājāyatanakathā Atha kho bhagavā …
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Kv 2.8
Kukkuḷakathā
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… sutadhammassa passato; Abyāpajjaṁ sukhaṁ loke, pāṇabhūtesu saṁyamo. Sukhā virāgatā loke, kāmānaṁ samatikkamo; Asmimānassa yo vinayo, etaṁ ve paramaṁ sukhaṁ. Taṁ sukhena sukhaṁ pattaṁ, accantasukhameva taṁ; Tisso …