Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
12. Nidāna Saṃyutta
5. Gahapati Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
Part II. The Book Called the Nidāna-Vagga
Containing Kindred sayings on Cause
and Other Subjects
12. The Kindred Sayings on Cause
5. The Housefather
Sutta 44
Loka Suttaṃ
The World
Translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids
Assisted by F. L. Woodward
Originally Published by
The Pali Text Society
Public Domain
[1][than][bodh] Thus have I heard:
The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren!"
"Master!" responded those brethren.
The Exalted One said:
"I will teach you, brethren,
how the world comes to be
and how it passes away.
Listen to this,
give your minds thoroughly,
and I will speak."
"Even so, lord",
responded the brethren.
"What, brethren, is the arising of the world?
Because of sight and visible objects
visual consciousness arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
This, brethren, is the arising of the world.
■
Because of hearing and audible objects
consciousness of sound arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
This, brethren, is the arising of the world.
■
Because of nose and odorous objects
consciousness of smell arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
This, brethren, is the arising of the world.
■
Because of tongue and sapid objects
consciousness of taste arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
This, brethren, is the arising of the world.
■
Because of body and tangible objects
the tangible consciousness of body arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
This, brethren, is the arising of the world.
■
Because of mind and things
mind-consciousness arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
This, brethren, is the arising of the world.
§
And what, brethren, is the passing away of the world?
Because of sight and visible objects
visual consciousness arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
By the utter fading away and ceasing of the craving,
grasping ceases,
by the ceasing of the grasping,
becoming ceases,
by the ceasing of becoming,
birth ceases,
by the ceasing of birth decay-and-death,
grief,
lamenting,
suffering,
despair cease.
Such is the ceasing of this entire mass of the world.
■
Because of hearing and audible objects
consciousness of sound arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
By the utter fading away and ceasing of the craving,
grasping ceases,
by the ceasing of the grasping,
becoming ceases,
by the ceasing of becoming,
birth ceases,
by the ceasing of birth decay-and-death,
grief,
lamenting,
suffering,
despair cease.
Such is the ceasing of this entire mass of the world.
■
Because of nose and odorous objects
consciousness of smell arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
By the utter fading away and ceasing of the craving,
grasping ceases,
by the ceasing of the grasping,
becoming ceases,
by the ceasing of becoming,
birth ceases,
by the ceasing of birth decay-and-death,
grief,
lamenting,
suffering,
despair cease.
Such is the ceasing of this entire mass of the world.
■
Because of tongue and sapid objects
consciousness of taste arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
By the utter fading away and ceasing of the craving,
grasping ceases,
by the ceasing of the grasping,
becoming ceases,
by the ceasing of becoming,
birth ceases,
by the ceasing of birth decay-and-death,
grief,
lamenting,
suffering,
despair cease.
Such is the ceasing of this entire mass of the world.
■
Because of body and tangible objects
the tangible consciousness of body arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
By the utter fading away and ceasing of the craving,
grasping ceases,
by the ceasing of the grasping,
becoming ceases,
by the ceasing of becoming,
birth ceases,
by the ceasing of birth decay-and-death,
grief,
lamenting,
suffering,
despair cease.
Such is the ceasing of this entire mass of the world.
■
Because of mind and things
mind-consciousness arises,
contact is the clash of the three;
feeling is conditioned by the contact,
craving by the feeling.
By the utter fading away and ceasing of the craving,
grasping ceases,
by the ceasing of the grasping,
becoming ceases,
by the ceasing of becoming,
birth ceases,
by the ceasing of birth decay-and-death,
grief,
lamenting,
suffering,
despair cease.
Such is the ceasing of this entire mass of ill.
This, brethren, is the passing away of the world."
