- Saį¹yutta NikÄya
- Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
35.142. Nonself with Cause Internal
āBhikkhus, the eye is nonself. The cause and condition for the arising of the eye is also nonself. As the eye has originated from what is nonself, how could it be self?
āThe ear is nonselfā¦. The mind is nonself. The cause and condition for the arising of the mind is also nonself. As the mind has originated from what is nonself, how could it be self?
āSeeing thus ⦠He understands: ā⦠there is no more for this state of being.āā
