Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhātu-Saṃyuttaṃ
I. Nānatta Vagga Paṭhama
1. Ajjhatta-Pañcakaṃ
Sutta 3
No ce tam
[No Phassa-Nānatta]
Suttaṃ
Not If This[1]
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time, The Lucky Man,
Sāvatthi Town revisiting,
Anāthapiṇḍika's Park,
Jeta Grove.
"It is the diversity of data, beggars,
that results in the reproduction of the diverse own-impacts/touches/contacts,
it is not that[2] the diversity of own-impacts/touches/contacts
results in the reproduction of diverse data.
And what, beggars, are the diverse data?
Eye data
ear data,
nose data,
tongue data,
body data,
mind data.
These beggars, are what is called
the diverse data.
And what,[3] beggars,
are the diverse own-impacts/touches/contacts
that come to be
as a result of the diverse data,
what are the diverse data
that do not come to be
as a result of the diverse own-impacts/touches/contacts?
Own-eye-impact/touch/contact, beggars,
comes to be
as a result of eye data,
it is not that eye data
comes to be
as a result of own-eye-impact/touch/contact,
Own-ear-impact/touch/contact, beggars,
comes to be
as a result of ear data,
it is not that ear data
comes to be
as a result of own-ear-impact/touch/contact,
Own-nose-impact/touch/contact, beggars,
comes to be
as a result of nose data,
it is not that nose data
comes to be
as a result of own-nose-impact/touch/contact,
Own-tongue-impact/touch/contact, beggars,
comes to be
as a result of tongue data,
it is not that tongue data
comes to be
as a result of own-tongue-impact/touch/contact,
Own-body-impact/touch/contact, beggars,
comes to be
as a result of body data,
it is not that body data
comes to be
as a result of own-body-impact/touch/contact,
Own-mind-impact/touch/contact, beggars,
comes to be
as a result of mind data,
it is not that mind data
comes to be
as a result of own-mind-impact/touch/contact.
Such then, beggars,
are the diverse own-impacts/touches/contacts
that come to be
as a result of the diverse data,
the diverse data
that do not come to be
as a result of the diverse own-impacts/touches/contacts."
[1] No ce tam. Rhys Davids/Woodward note: Reading no c'etaṇ. I hear this to be saying: This proposition is to be understood as correct if stated this way (the first way it is stated), but not if this way (the second way it is stated). PED: Ce [Vedic ced; ce = Latin que in absque, ne-c, etc., Goth. h in ni-h. see also ca 3] conditional particle "if," ... .
[2] No.
[3] There is inconsistency among the various versions of the Pāḷi — katamañ ca katamañ ca, kathañ ca, kathañ ca — And what, and how. I am ignoring such and going with what makes sense throughout this series.
