7.
The Discourse on Rāhula
177.
Then the Venerable Rāhula approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
To the Venerable Rāhula seated to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"Rāhula, both the internal solid element and the external solid element are just the solid element. That - 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' - thus this should be seen as it really is with right wisdom. Having seen this as it really is with right wisdom, one becomes disenchanted with the solid element, one makes the mind dispassionate towards the solid element.
"Rāhula, both the internal liquid element and the external liquid element are just the liquid element. That - 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' - thus this should be seen as it really is with right wisdom. Having seen this as it really is with right wisdom, one becomes disenchanted with the liquid element, one makes the mind dispassionate towards the liquid element.
"Rāhula, both the internal heat element and the external heat element are just the heat element. That - 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' - thus this should be seen as it really is with right wisdom. Having seen this as it really is with right wisdom, one becomes disenchanted with the heat element, one makes the mind dispassionate towards the heat element.
"Rāhula, both the internal air element and the external air element are just the air element. That - 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self' - thus this should be seen as it really is with right wisdom. Having seen this as it really is with right wisdom, one becomes disenchanted with the air element, one makes the mind dispassionate towards the air element.
"When, Rāhula, a monk does not regard anything as self or as what belongs to a self in these four elements, this is called, Rāhula, a monk who has cut off craving, turned back the mental fetters, through the complete full realisation of conceit has made an end of suffering." The seventh.