Saṁyutta Nikāya:
III. Khandhā Vagga:
27: Kilesa Saṁutta

Kindred Sayings on the Corruptions

Sutta 10

Khandena Suttaṁ

The Fivefold Mass

 

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Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren!"

"Master!" responded those brethren.

The Exalted One said:

"Brethren, the desire-and-lust for visible shape
is a corruption of the heart.

The desire-and-lust for feeling
is a corruption of the heart.

The desire-and-lust for perception
is a corruption of the heart.

The desire-and-lust for the activities
is a corruption of the heart.

The desire-and-lust for consciousness
is a corruption of the heart.

But, brethren, when in a brother
the heart's corruption
in these five^ed1 points
is put away,
and his heart is bent on renunciation,
then, compassed about with renunciation,
his heart is seen to be pliable
for penetrating those things
that are to be realized.'

 

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^ed1 Woodward retains 'six' and the BJT Pali 'chasu'. Everyone else noticed.