sn22.85:15.1 What do you think, Yamaka?
sn22.85:15.2 When that person went to the householder or householder’s son and offered to
sn22.85:15.3 serve him, weren’t they a killer then,
sn22.85:15.4 though he didn’t know that
sn22.85:15.5 this was his killer?
sn22.85:15.6 And when they got up before him and went to bed after him, being obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely, weren’t they a killer then,
sn22.85:15.7 though he didn’t know that
sn22.85:15.8 this was his killer?
sn22.85:15.9 And when, knowing he was alone, they took his life with a sharp knife, weren’t they a killer then,
sn22.85:15.10 though he didn’t know that
sn22.85:15.11 this was his killer?”
sn22.85:15.12 “Yes, reverend.”
sn22.85:15.13 “In the same way, an unlearned ordinary person has not seen the noble ones, and is neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve not seen true persons, and are neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the true persons.
sn22.85:15.14 They regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.
sn22.85:15.15 They regard feeling …
sn22.85:15.16 perception …
sn22.85:15.17 choices …
sn22.85:15.18 They regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.