SN35.31 — Eradication of all Conceit
Connected to the complete eradication of all conceit, I will teach you, disciples, the path that is conducive to this. Listen to it.
And what, disciples, is the path conducive to the complete eradication of all conceit? Here, disciples, a disciple does not conceive the eye, does not conceive in the eye, does not conceive from the eye, does not conceive the eye is mine. He does not conceive forms... He does not conceive eye-consciousness, does not conceive eye-contact, and whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition: be it pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant: that too he does not conceive, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive that is mine.
For whatever one conceives, in whatever one conceives, from whatever one conceives, whatever one conceives as mine, that becomes otherwise. The world, being otherwise, is attached to becoming... He does not conceive the tongue, does not conceive in the tongue, does not conceive from the tongue, does not conceive the tongue is mine. He does not conceive tastes... He does not conceive tongue-consciousness, does not conceive tongue-contact, and whatever feeling arises with tongue-contact as condition: be it pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant: that too he does not conceive, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive that is mine.
For whatever one conceives, in whatever one conceives, from whatever one conceives, whatever one conceives as mine, that becomes otherwise. The world, being otherwise, is attached to becoming... He does not conceive the mind, does not conceive in the mind, does not conceive from the mind, does not conceive the mind is mine. He does not conceive mental phenomena... He does not conceive mind-consciousness, does not conceive mind-contact, and whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition: be it pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant: that too he does not conceive, does not conceive in that, does not conceive from that, does not conceive that is mine.
For whatever one conceives, in whatever one conceives, from whatever one conceives, whatever one conceives as mine, that becomes otherwise. The world, being otherwise, is attached to becoming.
As far as there are aggregates, elements, and sense bases, he does not conceive them, does not conceive in them, does not conceive from them, does not conceive they are mine. Not conceiving thus, he does not cling to anything in the world. Not clinging, he is not agitated. Not being agitated, he personally attains Nibbāna.
He knows: Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more of this state of being.
This, indeed, disciples, is the path conducive to the complete eradication of all conceit.