sn22.89:10.1 It’s like the scent of a blue water lily, or a pink or white lotus.
sn22.89:10.2 Would it be right to say that the scent belongs to the petals or the stalk or the pistil?”
sn22.89:10.3 “No, reverend.”
sn22.89:10.4 “Then, reverends, how should it be said?”
sn22.89:10.5 “It would be right to say that the scent belongs to the flower.”
sn22.89:10.6 “In the same way, reverends, I don’t say ‘I am’ with reference to form, or apart from form.
sn22.89:10.7 I don’t say ‘I am’ with reference to feeling …
sn22.89:10.8 perception …
sn22.89:10.9 choices …
sn22.89:10.10 consciousness, or apart from consciousness.
sn22.89:10.11 For when it comes to the five grasping aggregates I’m not rid of the conceit ‘I am’. But I don’t regard anything as ‘I am this’.