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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 132 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 />
132 This is given in the plural, whereas the others are all in the singular form.