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 27
Dutiya Aparijāna Suttaṃ
Comprehension (ii)
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:
"By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the all,
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.'
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning what (all)
is a man capable of extinguishing ill?
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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the eye
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning objects
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning eye-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning eye-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to eye-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the ear
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning sounds
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning ear-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning ear-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to ear-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the nose
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning scents
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning nose-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning nose-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to nose-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the tongue
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning savours
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning tongue-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning tongue-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to tongue-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the body
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning things tactile
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning body-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning body-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to body-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the mind
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning mind-states
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning mind-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning mind-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to mind-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.
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This is the all, Brethren, which by fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning
a man is capable of extinguishing ill."
