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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 70<br />

‘Evaṁ me saññā hotu, evaṁ me saññā mā ahosī.’ ti<br />

‘Let my perception be thus, let my perception be not thus.’<br />

Saṅkhārā Anattā,<br />

(Mental) processes 133 are not Self,<br />

saṅkhārā ca hidaṁ bhikkhave Attā abhavissaṁsu<br />

for if these (mental) processes, monks, were Self<br />

na-y-ime saṅkhārā ābādhāya saṁvatteyyuṁ, labbhetha ca saṅkhāresu:<br />

these (mental) processes would not lead to affliction, and regarding (mental)<br />

processes it might be possible (to say):<br />

‘Evaṁ me saṅkhārā hontu, evaṁ me saṅkhārā mā ahesun.’ ti<br />

‘Let my (mental) processes be thus, let my (mental) processes be not thus.’<br />

Yasmā ca kho bhikkhave saṅkhārā Anattā,<br />

But because (mental) processes, monks, are not Self,<br />

tasmā saṅkhārā ābādhāya saṁvattanti, na ca labbhati saṅkhāresu<br />

therefore (mental) processes do lead to affliction, and regarding (mental) processes it<br />

is not possible (to say):<br />

‘Evaṁ me saṅkhārā hontu, evaṁ me saṅkhārā mā ahesun.’-ti<br />

‘Let my (mental) processes be thus, let my (mental) processes be not thus.’<br />

Viññāṇaṁ Anattā,<br />

Consciousness is not Self,<br />

viññāṇañ-ca hidaṁ bhikkhave Attā abhavissa<br />

for if this consciousness, monks, were Self<br />

na-y-idaṁ viññāṇaṁ ābādhāya saṁvatteyya, labbhetha ca viññāṇe:<br />

this consciousness would not lead to affliction, and regarding consciousness it might<br />

be possible (to say):<br />

‘Evaṁ me viññāṇaṁ hotu, evaṁ me viññāṇaṁ mā ahosī.’ ti<br />

‘Let my consciousness be thus, let my consciousness be not thus.’<br />

Yasmā ca kho bhikkhave viññāṇaṁ Anattā,<br />

But because consciousness, monks, is not Self,<br />

tasmā viññāṇaṁ ābādhāya saṁvattati, na ca labbhati viññāṇe:<br />

therefore consciousness does lead to affliction, and regarding consciousness it is not<br />

possible (to say):<br />

133 This is given in the plural, whereas the others are all in the singular form.

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