With Udṅyin Udṅyī Sutta (SN 35:193)
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('â', For this reason the body is not-self.â Can consciousness in the same way be declared, taught, described, set forth, revealed, explained, & made plain (with these words): ),
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('â', For this reason consciousness is not-selfâ?" "It can⦠Doesnât eye-consciousness arise in dependence on the eye & forms?" "Yes, friend." "And if the cause & reason for the arising of eye-consciousness were to cease totally everywhere, totally in every way without remainder, would eye-consciousness be discerned?" "No, friend." "Itâs in this way, friend, that consciousness has been pointed out, revealed, and announced by the Blessed One: ),
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('â', For this reason consciousness is not-self.â "Doesnât ear-consciousness arise in dependence on the ear & sounds?" ⦠"Doesnât nose-consciousness arise in dependence on the nose & aromas?" ⦠"Doesnât tongue-consciousness arise in dependence on the tongue & flavors?" ⦠"Doesnât body-consciousness arise in dependence on the body & tactile sensations?" ⦠"Doesnât intellect-consciousness arise in dependence on the intellect & ideas?" "Yes, friend." "And if the cause & reason for the arising of intellect-consciousness were to cease totally everywhere, totally in every way without remainder, would intellect-consciousness be discerned?" "No, friend." "Itâs in this way, friend, that consciousness has been pointed out, revealed, and announced by the Blessed One: ),
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('â', For this reason consciousness is not-self.â "Itâs just as if a man going around wanting heartwood, seeking heartwood, searching for heartwood, would take a sharp ax and enter a forest. There he would see a large banana tree trunk: straight, young, without shoots. He would cut off the root, cut off the crown, and unfurl the coil of the stem. There he wouldnât even find softwood, much less heartwood. "In the same way, a monk assumes neither a self nor anything pertaining to a self in the six media of contact. Assuming in this way, he doesnât cling to anything in the world. Not clinging, he is not agitated. Unagitated, he is totally unbound right within. He discerns that ),
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('â', Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for this world.â" See also: SNÂ 22:95; SNÂ 35:93 - --> - - - -