← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN35.145Connected Discourses 35.145SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 35.14514. At DevadahaExterior and Cause Are Not-Self“Mendicants, sights are not-self.The cause and reason that gives rise to sights is also not-self.Since sights are produced by what is not-self, how could they be self?Sounds …Smells …Tastes …Touches …Ideas are not-self.The cause and reason that gives rise to ideas is also not-self.Since ideas are produced by what is not-self, how could they be self?Seeing this …Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’”