Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ I: Mūla-Paññāsa
2. Yamaka Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
35. Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense
§ I: The First Fifty Suttas
2. The Second Chapter on the Pairs
Sutta 21
Paṭhama Uppāda Suttaɱ
By the Uprising (i)[1]
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī, at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren."
"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
"That, Brethren, which is the uprising,
the persisting,
the rebirth,
the manifestation of the eye, -
that is the uprising of ill,
the persisting of diseases,
the manifestation of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the uprising,
the persisting,
the rebirth,
the manifestation of the ear, -
that is the uprising of ill,
the persisting of diseases,
the manifestation of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the uprising,
the persisting,
the rebirth,
the manifestation of the nose, -
that is the uprising of ill,
the persisting of diseases,
the manifestation of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the uprising,
the persisting,
the rebirth,
the manifestation of the tongue, -
that is the uprising of ill,
the persisting of diseases,
the manifestation of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the uprising,
the persisting,
the rebirth,
the manifestation of the body, -
that is the uprising of ill,
the persisting of diseases,
the manifestation of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the uprising,
the persisting,
the rebirth,
the manifestation of the mind, -
that is the uprising of ill,
the persisting of diseases,
the manifestation of decay and death.
§
But that, Brethren, which is the ceasing,
the quelling,
the [8] going out of the eye, -
that is the ceasing of ill,
the quelling of diseases,
the going out of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the ceasing,
the quelling,
the going out of the ear, -
that is the ceasing of ill,
the quelling of diseases,
the going out of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the ceasing,
the quelling,
the going out of the nose, -
that is the ceasing of ill,
the quelling of diseases,
the going out of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the ceasing,
the quelling,
the going out of the tongue, -
that is the ceasing of ill,
the quelling of diseases,
the going out of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the ceasing,
the quelling,
the going out of the body, -
that is the ceasing of ill,
the quelling of diseases,
the going out of decay and death.
■
That, Brethren, which is the ceasing,
the quelling,
the going out of the mind, -
that is the ceasing of ill,
the quelling of diseases,
the going out of decay and death."
[1] Cf. K.S.iii, 30.
