sn22.99:2.1 Suppose a hound on a leash was tethered to a strong post or pillar. It would just keep running and circling around that post or pillar.
sn22.99:2.2 In the same way, take an unlearned ordinary person who has not seen the noble ones, and is neither skilled nor trained in their teaching. They’ve not seen true persons, and are neither skilled nor trained in their teaching.
sn22.99:2.3 They regard form …
sn22.99:2.4 feeling …
sn22.99:2.5 perception …
sn22.99:2.6 choices …
sn22.99:2.7 consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.
sn22.99:2.8 They just keep running and circling around form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.
sn22.99:2.9 Doing so, they’re not freed from form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. They’re not freed from rebirth, old age, and death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
sn22.99:2.10 They’re not freed from suffering, I say.