Upasena Upasena Sutta (SN 35:69)

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('â', I am the eyeâ or ),

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('â', The eye is mine,â ),

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('â', I am the earâ or ),

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('â', The ear is mine,â ),

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('â', I am the noseâ or ),

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('â', The nose is mine,â ),

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('â', I am the tongueâ or ),

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('â', The tongue is mine,â ),

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('â', I am the body or ),

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('â', The body is mine,â ),

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('â', I am the intellectâ or ),

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('â', The intellect is mineâ: In him there would be an alteration in his body or a change in his faculties. But as for me, the thought does not occur to me that ),

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('â', I am the eyeâ or ),

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('â', The eye is mine,â ⦠),

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('â', I am the tongueâ or ),

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('â', The tongue is mine,â ⦠),

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('â', I am the intellectâ or ),

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('â', The intellect is mine.â So what alteration should there be in my body, what change should there be in my faculties?" Now, Ven. Upasenaâs I-making, my-making, & obsession with conceit had already been well rooted out for a long time, which is why the thought did not occur to him that "I am the eye" or "The eye is mine," ⦠"I am the tongue" or "The tongue is mine," ⦠"I am the intellect" or "The intellect is mine." Then the monks lifted Ven. Upasenaâs body on a couch and carried it outside. And Ven. Upasenaâs body was scattered right there like a fistful of chaff. See also: Ud 8:9–10; Thag 14:1; Thag 16:1 - --> - - - -