← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN35.149Connected Discourses 35.149SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 35.14915. The Old and the NewNot-Self as Conducive to Extinguishment“Mendicants, I will teach you a practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.Listen …And what is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment?It’s when a mendicant sees that the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are not-self. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact is also not-self.They see that the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, ideas, mind-consciousness, and mind contact are not-self. And they see that the painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact is also not-self.This is that practice that’s conducive to extinguishment.”