Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ II: Paññāsaka Dutiya
1. Avijjā 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
§ II: The 'Second Fifty' Suttas
1. The Chapter on Ignorance
Sutta 60
Sabb'Ūpādāna-Pariññā Suttaṃ
Comprehension
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 thus spake:
"I will show you, Brethren, a teaching for the comprehension of all attachment.
Listen to it.
What is that teaching for the comprehension of all attachment?
Dependent on the eye and object
arises eye-consciousness.
The union of these three is contact.
Dependent on contact is feeling.
So seeing, the well-taught Ariyan disciple
is repelled by the eye,
is repelled by objects,
is repelled by eye-consciousness,
is repelled by eye-contact,
is repelled by feeling.
Being repelled by them
he lusts not for them.
Not lusting
he is set free.
By freedom he realizes:
'Attachment has been comprehended by me.'
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Dependent on the ear and sounds
arises ear-consciousness.
The union of these three is contact.
Dependent on contact is feeling.
So seeing, the well-taught Ariyan disciple
is repelled by the ear,
is repelled by sounds,
is repelled by ear-consciousness,
is repelled by ear-contact,
is repelled by feeling.
Being repelled by them
he lusts not for them.
Not lusting
he is set free.
By freedom he realizes:
'Attachment has been comprehended by me.'
■
Dependent on the nose and scents
arises the sense of smell.
The union of these three is contact.
Dependent on contact is feeling.
So seeing, the well-taught Ariyan disciple
is repelled by the nose,
is repelled by scents,
is repelled by nose-consciousness,
is repelled by nose-contact,
is repelled by feeling.
Being repelled by them
he lusts not for them.
Not lusting
he is set free.
By freedom he realizes:
'Attachment has been comprehended by me.'
■
Dependent on the tongue and savours
arises the sense of taste.
The union of these three is contact.
Dependent on contact is feeling.
So seeing, the well-taught Ariyan disciple
is repelled by the tongue,
is repelled by savours,
is repelled by tongue-consciousness,
is repelled by tongue-contact,
is repelled by feeling.
Being repelled by them
he lusts not for them.
Not lusting
he is set free.
By freedom he realizes:
'Attachment has been comprehended by me.'
■
Dependent on the body and tangibles
arises the sense of touch.
The union of these three is contact.
Dependent on contact is feeling.
So seeing, the well-taught Ariyan disciple
is repelled by the body,
is repelled by tangibles,
is repelled by body-consciousness,
is repelled by body-contact,
is repelled by feeling.
Being repelled by them
he lusts not for them.
Not lusting
he is set free.
By freedom he realizes:
'Attachment has been comprehended by me.'
■
Dependent on the mind and mind-states
arises mind-consciousness.
The union of these three is contact.
Dependent on contact is feeling.
So seeing, the well-taught Ariyan disciple
is repelled by the mind,
is repelled by mind-states,
is repelled by mind-consciousness,
is repelled by mind-contact,
is repelled by feeling.
Being repelled by them
he lusts not for them.
Not lusting
he is set free.
By freedom he realizes:
'Attachment has been comprehended by me.'
This, Brethren, is the teaching for the comprehension of all attachment."
