Linked Discourses 35.142

1. At Devadaha

Interior and Cause Are Not-Self

“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 …

mind is not-self.

The cause and reason that gives rise to the mind is also not-self.

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.’”