Linked Discourses 35
1. Impermanence
3. The Interior as Not-Self
“Mendicants, the eye is not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with proper understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’ The ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are not-self. And what’s not-self should be truly seen with proper understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’ Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”