“Rūpā, bhikkhave, anattā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā. Saddā … gandhā … rasā … phoṭṭhabbā … dhammā anattā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā.
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
The Buddha presents a repeated teaching on the six internal and external sense bases regarding the exterior as not-self in the three times in this grouped discourse.
PTS 4.152SN 35.201–203 The Exterior as Not-Self in the Three Times -
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Rūpā, bhikkhave, anattā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā. Saddā … gandhā … rasā … phoṭṭhabbā … dhammā anattā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā.
“Mendicants, in the past … future … present sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are not-self …”
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
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