Latent Tendencies

1. I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jeta's grove in Sāvatthi.

2. Then venerable Rāhula approached the Blessed One worshipped and sat on a side.

3. Sitting on a side venerable Rāhula said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, Blessed One, knowing and seeing in which manner do the latent tendencies of measuring in the form of `I be' in this sixfold conscious body and all external signs not occur.”

4. “Rāhula, whatever matter in the past, in the future or at present, internal or external, hard or fine, un -exalted or exalted, far or near, all that matter is not mine, I am not in it and it is not my self. Thus it should be seen as it really is with right wisdom. Rāhula, whatever feelings, ... re ... perceptions ... re ... determinations ... re ... consciousness in the past, in the future or at present, internal or external, hard or fine, un -exalted or exalted, far or near, all that consciousness is not mine, I am not in it and it is not my self. Thus it should be seen as it really is with right wisdom.

5. “Rāhula, to him who knows and sees in this manner the latent tendencies of measuring in the form of `I be' in this sixfold conscious body and all external signs do not occur.”