MN146, Bhikkhu Bodhi at Chuang Yen Monastery

[Viveka]

Greetings @Radius ,

It just so happens that exactly this question was discussed a few days ago here

Gap in My Understanding of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta (SN 22.59)

In the Buddha’s discourse of the non-self characteristic, I can understand his first set of arguments for why Form, Feeling, Perception, Choices, and Consciousness are not-self because of their propensity for affliction and our lack of complete control over them, but I have trouble understanding his next set of arguments. He says that Form, Feeling, Perception, Choices, and Consciousness are also not-self because they are “impermanent, suffering, and perishable.” I am not trying to dispute the…

Have a look and see if it makes things any clearer

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