The Buddha presents a repeated teaching on the six internal and external sense bases regarding the interior and what’s not-self in the three times in this grouped discourse.
PTS 4.154“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, anattā atītaṁ anāgataṁ paccuppannaṁ. Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ …pe… jivhā anattā …pe… mano anattā atīto anāgato paccuppanno. Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Cakkhu, bhikkhave, anattā atītaṁ anāgataṁ paccuppannaṁ.
“Mendicants, in the past … future … present the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are not-self.
Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ …pe…
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.’ …”
jivhā anattā …pe…
mano anattā atīto anāgato paccuppanno.
Yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…
nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.
Last updated on September 10, 2026