excerpt from 14m:30s (the 2 similes) 7min 38s
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Remarkable Sutta. 60 disciples became Arahants at the end of the discourse.
Excerpt from Piya Tan's translation
sutta text :
Avuso, it is just like the scent of a blue lotus, a red-white lotus, or a white lotus. Would one be
speaking rightly if one were to say, "The scent belongs to the petals,‟ or "The scent belongs to the stalk,‟
or "The scent belongs to the pistils‟ ?”
“No, avuso.”
“And, how, avuso, should one answer rightly?”
“Avuso, one should answer rightly thus: "The scent belongs to the flower.‟”
“Yes, avuso,
I do not say "I am‟ form, nor do I say "I am‟ apart from form.
I do not say "I am‟ feelings, nor do I say "I am‟ apart from feelings.
I do not say "I am‟ perception, nor do I say "I am‟ apart from perception.
I do not say "I am‟ formations, nor do I say "I am‟ apart from formations.
I do not say "I am‟ consciousness, nor do I say "I am‟ apart from consciousness.
However, avuso, although the notion "I am‟ in regards to the five aggregates of clinging has come to
me, I do not regard any of them as "This I am.‟
Avuso, even though a noble disciple has abandoned the five lower fetters,
yet in regards to the
five aggregates of clinging, there still lingers in him a residual
conceit "I am,‟ a desire "I am,‟ a latent
tendency "I am‟ that has not yet been uprooted.
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