‘This is mine, I am this, this is my essence?’”— “Definitely not.” “What do you think: is consciousness permanent or impermanent?”— “Impermanent.”— “Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?”— “Suffering.”— “And that which is impermanent, suffering, and changeable by nature, is it proper to regard it like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my essence?’”— “Definitely not.” “So, whatever form there is—whether past, present, or future, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near—it should all be seen with right wisdom according to reality: