Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases: SN35:73 The Six Bases for Contact (3)

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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 panassasaṃ. Ahañhi, bhante, channaṃ phassāyatanānaṃ samudayañca atthangamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāmī"ti.

3 "Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, bhikkhu, cakkhu niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā"ti?

4 "Aniccaṃ, bhante".

5 "Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā"ti?

6 "Dukkhaṃ, bhante".

7 "Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ, kallaṃ nu taṃ samanupassituṃ:  ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’"ti?

8 "No hetaṃ, bhante".

9 "Sotaṃ … ghānaṃ … jivhā … kāyo … mano nicco vā anicco vā"ti?

10 "Anicco, bhante".

11 "Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā"ti?

12 "Dukkhaṃ, bhante".

13 "Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ, kallaṃ nu taṃ samanupassituṃ:  ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’"ti?

14 "No hetaṃ, bhante".

15 "Evaṃ passaṃ, bhikkhu, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati, sotasmimpi nibbindati, ghānasmimpi nibbindati, jivhāyapi nibbindati, kāyasmimpi nibbindati, manasmimpi nibbindati. Nibbindaṃ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṃ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṃ hoti. ‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī"ti.

Ekādasamaṃ.

Migajālavaggo dutiyo.

16 Migajālena dve vuttā,
Cattāro ca samiddhinā;
Upaseno upavāṇo,
Chaphassāyatanikā tayoti.