Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c17.s2.2

v1.c17.s2.2

The selection of the subject, as has been shown above, was left to the Kalyāṇamitta who was to choose a subject which, he thought, would be the most suitable for his disciple, no matter whether it was included in the traditional list or not. As, for instance, one of the very common subjects of meditation found in the Nikāya is aniccasaññā to destroy the sense of I-ness (asmimāna),¹ but it is not included in the traditional list.