The Related Suttas Collection 22.20

2. Impermanence

Not-Self With Its Cause

At Sāvatthī.

“Bhikkhus, form is not-self. The cause and reason that gives rise to form is also not-self. Since form is produced by what is not-self, how could it be self?

Feeling is not-self …

Perception is not-self …

Functioning patterns are not-self …

Consciousness is not-self. The cause and reason that gives rise to consciousness is also not-self. Since consciousness is produced by what is not-self, how could it be self?

Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is no return to any state of existence.’”