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5. BAHIRADUKKHA SUTTA
Discourse on Dukkha Concerning External Sense-bases

Annica Vagga, Salayatana Vagga Samyutta
Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka

SOURCE: "SALAYATANA SAMYUTTA"
Group of Related Discourses on the Six Sense-bases from
"SALAYATANA VAGGA SAMYUTTA"
Division of Discourses on the Six Sense-Bases
Translated by U Hla Maung, Myanmar Tipitaka Association, 1998
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      5. Bhikkhus, visible objects are dukkha. That which is dukkha is non-self. This visible object which is non-self should be perceived with insight wisdom, as it really is, thus: 'This is not mine. This is not I. This is not my Self (atta).' Sounds ... Odours ... Tastes ... Tangible objects ... Mind-objects are dukkha. That which is dukkha is non-self. This mind-object which is non-self should be perceived with insight wisdom, as it really is, thus: 'This is not mine. This is not I. This is not my Self (atta).' On perceiving thus: ... p ... there is nothing more to do (for such realization).

End of the Bahiradukkha Sutta,

the fifth in this vagga.


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