sn.35.30 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Appropriate for Uprooting

“Bhikkhus, I will teach you the way that is appropriate for uprooting all conceivings. Listen to that and attend closely, I will speak….

“And what, bhikkhus, is the way that is appropriate for uprooting all conceivings? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu does not conceive the eye, does not conceive in the eye, does not conceive from the eye, does not conceive, ‘The eye is mine.’ He does not conceive forms … eye-consciousness … eye-contact … and as to whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant—he does not conceive that, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive, ‘That is mine.’

“He does not conceive the ear … He does not conceive the mind … mental phenomena … mind-consciousness … mind-contact … and as to whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition … he does not conceive that, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive, ‘That is mine.’

“He does not conceive all, does not conceive in all, does not conceive from all, does not conceive, ‘All is mine.’

“Since he does not conceive anything thus, he does not cling to anything in the world. Not clinging, he is not agitated. Being unagitated, he personally attains Nibbāna. He understands: ‘Destroyed is birth, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being.’

“This, bhikkhus, is the way that is appropriate for uprooting all conceivings.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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The Practice Fit for Uprooting

“Mendicants, I will teach you the practice fit for uprooting all identifying.
Listen and pay close attention, I will speak. …
And what is the practice fit for uprooting all identifying?
It’s when a mendicant does not identify with the eye, does not identify regarding the eye, does not identify as the eye, and does not identify ‘the eye is mine.’
They don’t identify with sights, they don’t identify regarding sights, they don’t identify as sights, and they don’t identify ‘sights are mine.’
They don’t identify with eye consciousness …
eye contact …
They don’t identify with the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact. They don’t identify regarding that, they don’t identify as that, and they don’t identify ‘that is mine.’
They don’t identify with the ear … nose … tongue …



body …
mind …


They don’t identify with the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact. They don’t identify regarding that, they don’t identify as that, and they don’t identify ‘that is mine.’
They don’t identify with all, they don’t identify regarding all, they don’t identify as all, and they don’t identify ‘all is mine.’
Not identifying, they don’t grasp at anything in the world.
Not grasping, they’re not anxious. Not being anxious, they personally become extinguished.
They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is no return to any state of existence.’
This is the practice fit for uprooting all identifying.”