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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[1][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 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.'

■

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."