sn.22.118 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Questioning

At Sāvatthī.
“What do you think, mendicants?
Do you regard form like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”
“No, sir.”
“Good, mendicants!
Form should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Do you regard feeling …
perception …
choices …
consciousness like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self’?”
“No, sir.”
“Good, mendicants!
Consciousness should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Seeing this …
They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”