1.
The Discourse on Ānanda
83.
At Sāvatthī.
There the Venerable Ānanda addressed the monks -
"Friends, monks!"
"Friend," those monks assented to the Venerable Ānanda.
The Venerable Ānanda said this -
"Friends, the Venerable Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta by name has been very helpful to us who are juniors. He exhorts us with this exhortation - 'By clinging, friend Ānanda, there is "I am," not by non-clinging. And by clinging to what is there "I am," not by non-clinging? By clinging to matter there is "I am," not by non-clinging. Feeling... perception... activities... By clinging to consciousness there is "I am," not by non-clinging.'
"Just as, friend Ānanda, a woman or a man, young, youthful, fond of adornment, reviewing one's own facial reflection in a pure, bright mirror or in a clear bowl of water, would see it by clinging, not by non-clinging; so too, friend Ānanda, by clinging to matter there is "I am," not by non-clinging. Feeling... perception... activities... By clinging to consciousness there is "I am," not by non-clinging.
"What do you think, friend Ānanda, is matter permanent or impermanent?" "Impermanent, friend." Feeling... perception... activities... Is consciousness permanent or impermanent? "Impermanent, friend." Therefore here... etc. Seeing thus... etc. He understands: ... there is no more coming back to any state of being." Friends, the Venerable Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta by name has been very helpful to us who are juniors. He exhorts us with this exhortation. And having heard the proclamation of the Teaching from the Venerable Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta, the Teaching has been fully realised by me. The first.