SN 35.167 — Giving Up Theory of Self

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and said to him: “Sir, how does one know and see so that theory of self is given up?” “Mendicant, knowing and seeing the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact as not-self, theory of self is given up. … And also knowing and seeing the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact as not-self, theory of self is given up.” The Chapter on Sixty Abbreviated Texts