Connected Discourses 22.72

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1. Linked Discourses 22.72
2. 7. The Perfected Ones
3. With Surādha
4. At Sāvatthī.
5. Then Venerable Surādha said to the Buddha:
6. “Sir, how does one know and see so that the mind is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit for this conscious body and all external stimuli; and going beyond discrimination, it’s peaceful and well freed?”
7. “Surādha, one is freed by not grasping having truly seen any kind of form at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> form—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
8. One is freed by not grasping having truly seen any kind of feeling …
9. perception …
10. choices …
11. consciousness at all—past, future, or present; internal or external; solid or subtle; inferior or superior; far or near: <em>all</em> consciousness—with right understanding: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
12. That’s how to know and see so that the mind is rid of I-making, mine-making, and conceit for this conscious body and all external stimuli; and going beyond discrimination, it’s peaceful and well freed.” …
13. And Venerable Surādha became one of the perfected.