The Buddha presents a repeated teaching on the six internal and external sense bases regarding desire, etc. for the not-self interior in this grouped discourse.
PTS 4.150“Yo, bhikkhave, anattā, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Ko ca, bhikkhave, anattā?
Cakkhu, bhikkhave, anattā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo …pe… jivhā anattā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo …pe… mano anattā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Yo, bhikkhave, anattā tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo”ti.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Yo, bhikkhave, anattā, tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.
“Mendicants, you should give up desire … greed … desire and greed for what is not-self.
Ko ca, bhikkhave, anattā?
And what is not-self?
Cakkhu, bhikkhave, anattā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo …pe…
The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are not-self …”
jivhā anattā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo …pe…
mano anattā; tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo.
Yo, bhikkhave, anattā tatra vo chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo”ti.
Last updated on September 11, 2026