Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ I: Mūla-Paññāsa
3. Sabba Vagga

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Saḷāyatana-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
3. The Chapter on The All

Sutta 24

Paṭhama Pahāna Suttaṃ

Abandoning 1

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[15] [8]

[1][than][olds][bodh] Thus have I heard:

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:

"I will show you a teaching, Brethren,
for the abandoning the all.

Do ye listen to it.

And what, Brethren, is the teaching
for the abandoning of the all?

[9] The eye, Brethren, must be abandoned,
objects must be abandoned,
eye-consciousness must be abandoned
eye-contact must be abandoned.

That weal
or woe
or neutral state experienced
which arises owing to eye-contact, -
that also must be abandoned.|| ||

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The ear, Brethren, must be abandoned,
sounds must be abandoned,
ear-consciousness must be abandoned
ear-contact must be abandoned.

That weal
or woe
or neutral state experienced
which arises owing to ear-contact, -
that also must be abandoned.|| ||

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The nose, Brethren, must be abandoned,
scents must be abandoned,
nose-consciousness must be abandoned
nose-contact must be abandoned.

That weal
or woe
or neutral state experienced
which arises owing to nose-contact, -
that also must be abandoned.|| ||

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The tongue, Brethren, must be abandoned,
savours must be abandoned,
tongue-consciousness must be abandoned
tongue-contact must be abandoned.

That weal
or woe
or neutral state experienced
which arises owing to tongue-contact, -
that also must be abandoned.|| ||

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The body, Brethren, must be abandoned,
things tactile must be abandoned,
body-consciousness must be abandoned
body-contact must be abandoned.

That weal
or woe
or neutral state experienced
which arises owing to body-contact, -
that also must be abandoned.|| ||

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The mind, Brethren, must be abandoned,
mind-states must be abandoned,
mind-consciousness must be abandoned
mind-contact must be abandoned.

That weal
or woe
or neutral state experienced
which arises owing to mind-contact, -
that also must be abandoned.|| ||

This, Brethren, is the teaching for the abandoning of the all."^[1]

 

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^[1] Cf. S. v, 364. Sabbattha-gāmini-patipadā.