Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ IV: Paññāsaka Catuttha
1. Nandi-k-Khaya 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
§ IV: The 'Fourth Fifty' Suttas
1. The Chapter on the Destruction of the Lure
Sutta 160
Dutiya Jīvakam-Bavane aka Paṭisallāna Suttaṃ
In Jīvaka's Mango Grove (ii)
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was staying near Rājagaha
in Jivaka's Mango Grove.
Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren."
"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.
Then the Exalted One thus addressed the brethren:
"Do ye practise application to solitude,[1] brethren.
To a brother who is solitary
there is a manifestation of a thing's reality.
And what, Brethren, is manifested as it really is?
The impermanence of the eye, Brethren, is manifested as it really is
the impermanence of objects is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of eye-consciousness is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of eye-contact is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of the weal or woe or neutral state experienced that arises owing to eye-contact that also is manifested as it really is
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The impermanence of the ear, Brethren, is manifested as it really is
the impermanence of sounds is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of ear-consciousness is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of ear-contact is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of the weal or woe or neutral state experienced that arises owing to ear-contact that also is manifested as it really is
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The impermanence of the nose, Brethren, is manifested as it really is
the impermanence of scents is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of nose-consciousness is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of nose-contact is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of the weal or woe or neutral state experienced that arises owing to nose-contact that also is manifested as it really is
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The impermanence of the tongue, Brethren, is manifested as it really is
the impermanence of savours is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of tongue-consciousness is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of tongue-contact is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of the weal or woe or neutral state experienced that arises owing to tongue-contact that also is manifested as it really is
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The impermanence of the body, Brethren, is manifested as it really is
the impermanence of tangibles is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of body-consciousness is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of body-contact is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of the weal or woe or neutral state experienced that arises owing to body-contact that also is manifested as it really is
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The impermanence of the mind, Brethren, is manifested as it really is
the impermanence of mind-states is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of mind-consciousness is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of mind-contact is manifested as it really is,
the impermanence of the weal or woe or neutral state experienced that arises owing to mind-contact that also is manifested as it really is
Do ye practise application to solitude, brethren.
To a brother who is solitary
there is a manifestation of a thing's reality.'
[1] Paṭisallāne yogaṇ āpajjatha. Cf. p. 51, n. 2.
