Looking for source of Buddha quotation

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Kaneda
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Looking for source of Buddha quotation

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Hello

This is a bit obscure. I was watching a dhamma talk by Ajahn Amaro titled "Who Am I ?". IN the talk, he referred to a Budhha quote "whatever you conceive it to be the truth is always other than that". He also used the Pali words but I am not able to translate.

Here is the link to the video.


He makes the quote at the 35:00 mark

Your help is much appreciated!
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It’s in a few suttas, but these came to mind first:

SN 35.90
SN 35.91

The Pali is aññathā, I believe. Search it and you may find some other instances. I believe there’s an interesting one in Snp somewhere. I’ll try to find it later. :smile:
“Life is swept along, short is the life span; no shelters exist for one who has reached old age. Seeing clearly this danger in death, a seeker of peace should drop the world’s bait.” SN 1.3
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Found it: Snp 3.8 (verse 15) and Snp 3.12
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“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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SDC wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:54 pm Found it: Snp 3.8 (verse 15) and Snp 3.12
Thank you! And thank you for leading me to these resources!
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SarathW wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:22 pm Dhammapada.

https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/
What a great resource. Thank you
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Kaneda wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:38 pm
SDC wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:54 pm Found it: Snp 3.8 (verse 15) and Snp 3.12
Thank you! And thank you for leading me to these resources!
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