The identical structure as SN 35.222-223, with not-self (anattā) substituted
Length
under 1 minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the third and final quality in round four's interior half
Why this discourse
This discourse completes round four's interior half: the six interior sense fields declared not-self, timelessly, mirroring SN 22.14 (Anattasutta), already published in Book III for the five aggregates, and completing this project's fourth full traversal of the three-mark cycle within a single vagga.
Reading guide
Not-self completes the cycle, a fourth time
“The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind are not-self” completes round four's own three-mark cycle — and, more broadly, the fourth complete impermanent/suffering/not-self traversal this vagga has now run, after rounds one through three each cycled through the same three marks with a different second variable.
Interior half of round four now complete
SN 35.222-224 together give round four's own three interior combinations, mirroring SN 22.12-14's identical three-discourse set for the five aggregates. SN 35.225 turns to the exterior sense fields, completing the vagga's own final round.
