SN35.5: Bāhiradukkhasutta

Bāhiradukkhasutta: The External as Suffering - translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

“Bhikkhus, forms are suffering. What is suffering is nonself. What is nonself should be seen as it really is with correct wisdom thus: ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.’

“Sounds … Odours … Tastes … Tactile objects … Mental phenomena are suffering. What is suffering is nonself. What is nonself should be seen as it really is with correct wisdom thus: ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.’

“Seeing thus … He understands: ‘… there is no more for this state of being.’”

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi. Source text via SuttaCentral.