Venerable Kappa I

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

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

3. Sitting said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, knowing what and seeing what in this sixfold conscious body and all external signs do the latent tendencies of measuring with selfish interest and conceit get dispelled?”

4. “Kappa, whatever matter in the past, future, or at present, seized or not, rough or fine, unexalted or exalted, far or near, all that matter is not mine, am not in it and it is not my self, should be seen as it really is, with right wisdom.

5-7. “Kappa, whatever feelings, perceptions, and intentions in the past, future, or at present, seized or not, rough or fine, unexalted or exalted, far or near, all those feelings, perceptions, and intentions are not mine, am not in them, and they are not my self, should be seen as it really is, with right wisdom.

8. “Kappa, whatever consciousness in the past, future, or at present, seized or not, rough or fine, unexalted or exalted, far or near, all that consciousness is not mine, am not in it and it is not my self, should be seen as it really is, with right wisdom.

9. “Kappa, knowing thus and seeing thus in this sixfold conscious body and all external signs the latent tendencies of measuring with selfish interest and conceit get dispelled.”