sn.22.16 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

That Which is Suffering

At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, form is suffering.
What’s suffering is not-self.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Feeling is suffering …
Perception is suffering …
Choices are suffering …
Consciousness is suffering.
What’s suffering is not-self.
And what’s not-self 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.’”