SN 14.10

Dutiyabāhiraphassanānattasutta

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Dhātunānattaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ, saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saṅkappanānattaṁ, phassa … vedanā … chanda … pariḷāha … pariyesanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati lābhanānattaṁ; no lābhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariyesanānānattaṁ, no pariyesanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariḷāhanānattaṁ, no pariḷāhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati …pe… chanda … vedanā … phassa … saṅkappa … saññānānattaṁ, no saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhātunānattaṁ. Katamañca, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ? Rūpadhātu …pe… dhammadhātu— idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ.

No Diversity of Gains

At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of perceptions. Diversity of perceptions gives rise to diversity of thoughts. … contacts … feelings … desires … passions … Diversity of searches gives rise to diversity of gains. Diversity of gains doesn’t give rise to diversity of searches. Diversity of searches doesn’t give rise to diversity of passions. … desires … feelings … contacts … thoughts … Diversity of perceptions doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements. And what is the diversity of elements? The sight element, the sound element, the smell element, the taste element, the touch element, and the idea element. This is called the diversity of elements.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ, saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saṅkappanānattaṁ? Phassa … vedanā … chanda … pariḷāha … pariyesanā … lābha … no lābhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariyesanānānattaṁ, no pariyesanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariḷāha … chanda … vedanā … phassa … no saṅkappanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ, no saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhātunānattaṁ?

And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of perceptions, and diversity of perceptions give rise to diversity of thoughts? contacts … feelings … desires … passions … searches … gains … while diversity of gains doesn’t give rise to diversity of searches … passions … desires … feelings … contacts … thoughts … perceptions … elements?

Rūpadhātuṁ, bhikkhave, paṭicca uppajjati rūpasaññā …pe… dhammadhātuṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasaññā, dhammasaññaṁ paṭicca uppajjati …pe… dhammapariyesanā, dhammapariyesanaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammalābho; no dhammalābhaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammapariyesanā, no dhammapariyesanaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammapariḷāho, no dhammapariḷāhaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammacchando, no dhammacchandaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasamphassajā vedanā, no dhammasamphassajaṁ vedanaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasamphasso, no dhammasamphassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasaṅkappo, no dhammasaṅkappaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammasaññā, no dhammasaññaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhammadhātu.

The sight element gives rise to the perception of sights … The idea element gives rise to the perception of ideas … The search for ideas gives rise to gaining ideas. The gaining of ideas doesn’t give rise to the search for ideas. The search for ideas doesn’t give rise to the passion for ideas. The passion for ideas doesn’t give rise to the desire for ideas. The desire for ideas doesn’t give rise to feeling born of idea contact. Feeling born of idea contact doesn’t give rise to idea contact. Idea contact doesn’t give rise to thoughts about ideas. Thoughts about ideas don’t give rise to perceptions of ideas. Perceptions of ideas don’t give rise to the idea element.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ, saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati …pe… saṅkappa … phassa … vedanā … chanda … pariḷāha … pariyesanā … lābha … no lābhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariyesanānānattaṁ, no pariyesanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati pariḷāhanānattaṁ, no pariḷāhanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati chandanānattaṁ, no chandanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati vedanānānattaṁ, no vedanānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati phassanānattaṁ, no phassanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saṅkappanānattaṁ, no saṅkappanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati saññānānattaṁ, no saññānānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dhātunānattan”ti.

That’s how diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of perceptions … diversity of perceptions doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements.”