A discourse in which the Buddha teaches Rāhula to contemplate that neither the four elements in one’s own body nor those in external objects contain a self or anything pertaining to self.

A discourse in which Rāhula asks the Buddha how to uproot the notions of ‘I’ and ‘mine,’ and is taught that seeing none of the five aggregates as self is right insight.

A discourse similar to the preceding, in which Rāhula asks how the mind may be freed from vain conceits.

The eleventh sutta of the Cūḷa Vagga of the Suttanipāta, a series of verses the Buddha frequently recited to guide Rāhula, urging him toward good company, detachment from food and clothing, and renunciation.

The eighteenth section of the Saṃyuttanikāya, a series of lessons the Buddha gave Rāhula on the fleeting nature of all things, spanning the period from his ordination to his attainment of Arahantship.