“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, anattā atītaṁ anāgataṁ paccuppannaṁ …pe… jivhā anattā …pe… mano anattā atīto anāgato paccuppanno.
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
The Buddha presents a repeated teaching on the six internal and external sense bases regarding the interior as not-self in the three times in this grouped discourse.
PTS 4.152SN 35.192–194 The Interior as Not-Self in the Three Times -
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, anattā atītaṁ anāgataṁ paccuppannaṁ …pe… jivhā anattā …pe… mano anattā atīto anāgato paccuppanno.
“Mendicants, in the past … future … present the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are not-self …”
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
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