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