The Buddha teaches on the six sense bases regarding the interior as suffering, guiding disciples toward discernment of sense experience and release from clinging.
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ. Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā; yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
Sotaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe… ghānaṁ dukkhaṁ … jivhā dukkhā … kāyo dukkho … mano dukkho. Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā; yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
Dutiyaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ.
“Mendicants, the eye is suffering.
Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;
What’s suffering is not-self.
yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Sotaṁ dukkhaṁ …pe…
The ear,
ghānaṁ dukkhaṁ …
nose,
jivhā dukkhā …
tongue,
kāyo dukkho …
body,
mano dukkho.
and mind are suffering.
Yaṁ dukkhaṁ tadanattā;
What’s suffering is not-self.
yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
Seeing this …
nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”
Dutiyaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026