mn35:9.1 Then Saccaka said to the Buddha,
mn35:9.2 “I’d like to ask the worthy Gotama about a certain point, if you’d take the time to answer.”
mn35:9.3 “Ask what you wish, Aggivessana.”
mn35:9.4 “How does the worthy Gotama guide his disciples? And on what topics does instruction to his disciples generally proceed?”
mn35:9.5 “This is how I guide my disciples, and my instructions to disciples generally proceed on these topics:
mn35:9.6 ‘Form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are impermanent.
mn35:9.7 Form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are not-self.
mn35:9.8 All conditions are impermanent. All things are not-self.’
mn35:9.9 This is how I guide my disciples, and how instruction to my disciples generally proceeds.”