One should not imagine oneself to be one with the eye or
independent of it or the owner of it.
The same with ear and all the other senses, including the mind.
Nor should one imagine oneself to be identical with the world or
contained...
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NO OTHER FORM
On one occasion, the Buddha said to the monks this:
"No other form do I know, O monks, that so persists in obsessing the mind of a man as the form of a woman. The form of a woman persists in obsessing the mind of a man.
"No other sound do I know that so persists in obsessing the mind of a man as the sound of a woman... No other scent do I know ... No other taste do I know ... No other touch do I know that so persists in obsessing the mind of a man as the touch of a woman. The touch of a woman persists in obsessing the mind of a man.
"No other form do I know, O monks, that so persists in obsessing the mind of a woman as the form of a man. The form of a man persists in obsesssing the mind of a woman.
"No other sound do I know that so persists in obsessing the mind of a woman as the sound of a man... No other scent do I know... No other taste do I know ... No other touch do I know that so persists in obsessing the mind of a woman as the touch of a man. The touch of a man persists in obsessing the mind of a woman."
Anguttara Nikaya translated by Nyanaponika Thera and Bhikkhu Bodhi
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