At Savatthi. “Bhikkhus, the eye is nonself, both of the past and the future, not to speak of the present. Seeing thus … … The mind is nonself … for its fading away and cessation.”
sn.35.9 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
The Internal as Nonself in the Three Times
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh
The Interior as Not-Self in the Three Times
“Mendicants, the eye of the past and future is not-self,let alone the present.
Seeing this, a learned noble disciple doesn’t worry about the eye of the past,
they don’t look forward to enjoying the eye in the future,
and they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye in the present. …”