Saṁyutta Nikāya:
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35: Saḷāyatana Saṁyutta
Mūlapaññāsa
3. Sabba Vagga

The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Root Fifty
3. The Chapter on The All

Sutta 27

Dutiya Aparijāna Suttaṁ

Comprehension (ii)

 

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Thus have I heard:

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

Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren."

"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the all,
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.'

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning what (all)
is a man capable of extinguishing ill?

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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the eye
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning objects
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning eye-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning eye-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to eye-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the ear
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning sounds
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning ear-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning ear-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to ear-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

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By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the nose
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning scents
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning nose-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning nose-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to nose-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

■

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the tongue
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning savours
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning tongue-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning tongue-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to tongue-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

■

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the body
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning things tactile
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning body-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning body-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to body-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

■

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning the mind
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning mind-states
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning mind-consciousness
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning mind-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

By fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning that weal or woe or neutral state experienced,
which arises owing to mind-contact
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.

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This is the all, Brethren, which by fully knowing,
by comprehending,
by detaching himself from,
by abandoning
a man is capable of extinguishing ill.