The Buddha presents a repeated teaching on the six internal and external sense bases regarding the exterior and what’s not-self in the three times in this grouped discourse.
PTS 4.155“Rūpā, bhikkhave, anattā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā. Yadanattā, taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ. Saddā … gandhā … rasā … phoṭṭhabbā … dhammā anattā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā. 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).
“Rūpā, bhikkhave, anattā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā.
“Mendicants, in the past … future … present sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas are 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.’ …”
Saddā …
gandhā …
rasā …
phoṭṭhabbā …
dhammā anattā atītā anāgatā paccuppannā.
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