10.
The Discourse on Surādha
72.
At Sāvatthī.
Then the Venerable Surādha said this to the Blessed One -
"How, venerable sir, for one knowing, for one seeing, does the mind become free from I-making, mine-making, and conceit in regard to this conscious body and externally in regard to all signs, having transcended discrimination, peaceful, well liberated?"
"Whatever materiality, Surādha, past, future, or present... etc.
whether far or near, all materiality -
'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' - having seen this as it really is with right wisdom, one is liberated by non-clinging.
Whatever feeling...
whatever perception...
whatever activities...
whatever consciousness, past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, whether far or near, all consciousness -
'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' - having seen this as it really is with right wisdom, one is liberated by non-clinging.
Thus, Surādha, for one knowing thus, for one seeing thus, the mind becomes free from I-making, mine-making, and conceit in regard to this conscious body and externally in regard to all signs, having transcended discrimination, peaceful, well liberated." Etc.
And the Venerable Surādha became one of the Worthy Ones.
The tenth.