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Sutta Piṭaka

SN 18.12

Rūpādisuttanavaka

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

The Nine Discourses on Sights, Etc.

At Sāvatthī. “What do you think, Rāhula? Are sights permanent or impermanent?” “Impermanent, sir.” … “… sounds … smells … tastes … touches … ideas …”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“… eye consciousness … ear consciousness … nose consciousness … tongue consciousness … body consciousness … mind consciousness …”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“… eye contact … ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact … mind contact …”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“… feeling born of eye contact … feeling born of ear contact … feeling born of nose contact … feeling born of tongue contact … feeling born of body contact … feeling born of mind contact …”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“… perception of sights … perception of sounds … perception of smells … perception of tastes … perception of touches … perception of ideas …”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“… intention regarding sights … intention regarding sounds … intention regarding smells … intention regarding tastes … intention regarding touches … intention regarding ideas …”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“… craving for sights … craving for sounds … craving for smells … craving for tastes … craving for touches … craving for ideas …”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“… the earth element … the water element … the fire element … the air element … the space element … the consciousness element …”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“… form … feeling … perception … choices … Is consciousness permanent or impermanent?” “Impermanent, sir.” … “Seeing this … They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

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Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund), as published by SuttaCentral. Public domain. · Source ↗

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka, via SuttaCentral. Public domain.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato. SuttaCentral, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). · Source ↗

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (SuttaCentral), dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The translator respectfully requests that any use be in accordance with the values and principles of the Buddhist community. In particular, please do not use this work in AI training datasets, for the development of any AI model or algorithm, or in any AI-derived technologies.

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