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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases: SN35:71 The Six Bases for Contact (1)

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1 "Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, bhikkhu channaṃ phassāyatanānaṃ samudayañca atthangamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti. Avusitaṃ tena brahmacariyaṃ, ārakā so imasmā dhammavinayā"ti.

2 Evaṃ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "etthāhaṃ, bhante, anassasaṃ. Ahañhi, bhante, channaṃ phassāyatanānaṃ samudayañca atthangamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāmī"ti.

3 "Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, bhikkhu, cakkhuṃ ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassasī"ti?

4 "No hetaṃ, bhante".

5 "Sādhu, bhikkhu, ettha ca te, bhikkhu, cakkhu ‘netaṃ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṃ yathābhūtaṃ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṃ bhavissati. Esevanto dukkhassa … pe … jivhaṃ ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassasī"ti?

6 "No hetaṃ, bhante".

7 "Sādhu, bhikkhu, ettha ca te, bhikkhu, jivhā ‘netaṃ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṃ yathābhūtaṃ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṃ bhavissati. Esevanto dukkhassa … pe … manaṃ ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassasī"ti?

8 "No hetaṃ, bhante".

9 "Sādhu, bhikkhu, ettha ca te, bhikkhu, mano ‘netaṃ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṃ yathābhūtaṃ sammappaññāya sudiṭṭhaṃ bhavissati. Esevanto dukkhassā"ti.

Navamaṃ.