Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Great Chapter - 68
“Labheyyāma mayaṁ Bhante Bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ,
“May we receive the going-forth, venerable Sir, in the presence of the Gracious One,
labheyyāma upasampadan.”-ti
may we receive the full ordination.”
“Etha bhikkhavo” ti Bhagavā avoca “svākkhāto Dhammo,
“Come, monks,” said the Gracious One, “the Dhamma has been well-proclaimed,
caratha brahmacariyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā.” ti
live the spiritual life for the complete ending of suffering.”
Sā va tesaṁ āyasmantānaṁ upasampadā ahosi.
That was these venerable ones’ full ordination.
[Anattalakkhaṇasuttaṁ]
[11: The Discourse on the Characteristic of Non-Self]
(The First Arahants)
Atha kho Bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū āmantesi:
Then the Gracious One addressed the group-of-five monks (saying):
“Rūpaṁ bhikkhave Anattā,
“Bodily form, monks, is not Self, 132
rūpañ-ca hidaṁ bhikkhave Attā abhavissa
for if this bodily form, monks, were Self
na-y-idaṁ rūpaṁ ābādhāya saṁvatteyya, labbhetha ca rūpe:
this bodily form would not lead to affliction, and regarding bodily form it might be
possible (to say):
‘Evaṁ me rūpaṁ hotu, evaṁ me rūpaṁ mā ahosī.’ ti
‘Let my bodily form be thus, let my bodily form be not thus.’
Yasmā ca kho bhikkhave rūpaṁ Anattā,
But because bodily form, monks, is not Self,
tasmā rūpaṁ ābādhāya saṁvattati, na ca labbhati rūpe:
therefore bodily form does lead to affliction, and regarding bodily form it is not
possible (to say):
132 It is the supposed Higher or Cosmic Self that is being denied. The first proof of lack of
Self in this sense is that we do not have ultimate control over the constituent parts
(khandha).