The Word of the Buddha Free from All Theories

¶ 26“Vaccha, ‘speculative view’ is something the Tathāgata has put away. For the Tathāgata, Vaccha, has seen this: ‘Such is form, such is the arising of form, such is the passing away of form; such is feeling, such is the arising of feeling, such is the passing away of feeling; such is perception, such is the arising of perception, such is the passing away of perception; such are intentional constructs, such is the arising of intentional constructs, such is the passing away of intentional constructs; such is consciousness, such is the arising of consciousness, such is the passing away of consciousness.’ Therefore, I say, the Tathāgata, through the giving up of all conceptions, all mental disturbances, all I-making, mine-making, and the underlying tendency to self-comparison and through the wearing away, fading of desire, ending, giving up, and relinquishing of it, is liberated through not clinging.”