Saḷāyatanasaṁyutta 54

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7. With Migajāla

Six Fields of Contact (1st)

1 “Mendicants, anyone who doesn’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape has not completed the spiritual journey and is far from this teaching and training.”

2 When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha, “Here, sir, I’m discouraged. For I don’t truly understand the six fields of contact’s origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.”

3 “What do you think, mendicant? Do you regard the eye like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”

4 “No, sir.”

5 “Good, mendicant! And regarding the eye, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’ Just this is the end of suffering.

Do you regard the ear … nose … tongue … body …

7 Do you regard the mind like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”

8 “No, sir.”

9 “Good, mendicant! And regarding the mind, you will truly see clearly with right wisdom that: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’ Just this is the end of suffering.”