Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

I. The First Teachings - 69
‘Evaṁ me rūpaṁ hotu, evaṁ me rūpaṁ mā ahosī.’ ti
‘Let my bodily form be thus, let my bodily form be not thus.’
Vedanā Anattā,
Feeling is not Self,
vedanā ca hidaṁ bhikkhave Attā abhavissa
for if this feeling, monks, were Self
na-y-idaṁ vedanā ābādhāya saṁvatteyya, labbhetha ca vedanāya:
this feeling would not lead to affliction, and regarding feeling it might be possible (to
say):
‘Evaṁ me vedanā hotu, evaṁ me vedanā mā ahosī.’ ti
‘Let my feeling be thus, let my feeling be not thus.’
Yasmā ca kho bhikkhave vedanā Anattā,
But because feeling, monks, is not Self,
tasmā vedanā ābādhāya saṁvattati, na ca labbhati vedanāya:
therefore feeling does lead to affliction, and regarding feeling it is not possible (to
say):
‘Evaṁ me vedanā hotu, evaṁ me vedanā mā ahosī.’ ti
‘Let my feeling be thus, let my feeling be not thus.’
Saññā Anattā,
Perception is not Self,
saññā ca hidaṁ bhikkhave Attā abhavissa
for if this perception, monks, were Self
na-y-idaṁ saññā ābādhāya saṁvatteyya, labbhetha ca saññāya:
this perception would not lead to affliction, and regarding perception it might be
possible (to say):
‘Evaṁ me saññā hotu, evaṁ me saññā mā ahosī.’ ti
‘Let my perception be thus, let my perception be not thus.’
Yasmā ca kho bhikkhave saññā Anattā,
But because perception, monks, is not Self,
tasmā saññā ābādhāya saṁvattati, na ca labbhati saññāya:
therefore perception does lead to affliction, and regarding perception it is not
possible (to say):