The Long Āgama Sūtra 13.68

13.68

「阿難！彼見我者，言受非我，我是受者，當語彼言：『如來說三受，苦受、樂受、不苦不樂受。若樂受是我者，樂受滅時，則有二我，此則為過。若苦受是我者，苦受滅時，則有二我，此則為過。若不苦不樂受是我者，不苦不樂受滅時，則有二我，此則為過。』阿難！彼見我者，言：『受非我，我是受。』彼則為非。阿難！彼計我者，作此說：『受非我，我非受，受法是我。』當語彼言：『一切無受。汝云何言有受法？汝是受法耶？』對曰：『非是。』是故，阿難！彼計我者，言：『受非我，我非受，受法是我。』彼則為非。

“Ānanda, some have a view of self and say feeling is not self, but self is feeling. They should be told, ‘The Tathāgata teaches that there are three feelings: Painful feeling, pleasant feeling, and feeling that’s neither pleasant nor painful. If pleasant feeling were the self, then there would be a second self when that pleasant feeling ceases. This then is in error. If painful feeling were the self, then there would be a second self when that painful feeling ceases. This then is in error. If feeling that’s neither pleasant nor painful were the self, then there would be a second self when that feeling that’s neither pleasant nor painful ceases. This then is in error.’ Ānanda, some have a view of a self that says feeling is not self, but self is feeling. It’s not correct.

Ānanda, some who postulate a self make this statement: ‘Feeling is not self, and the self is not feeling, but what feels is the self.’ They should be told, ‘If everything is without feeling, how can you say there’s something that feels? Are you the thing that feels?’ The answer would be, ‘No.’

“Therefore, Ānanda, some postulate a self and say feeling is not self, and self is not feeling, but what feels is self. They are incorrect.