Saṁyutta Nikāya
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35: Saḷāyatana Saṁyutta
Paññāsaka Dutiya
4. Channa Vagga

IV. Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
35: Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense The 'Second Fifty' Suttas
4. The Chapter on Channa and Others

Sutta 92

Paṭhama Dvaya Suttaṁ

Duality (i)

 

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[67] [38]

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 thus spoke:

"I will show you a dual thing, brethren.

Do ye listen to it.

What is a dual thing, brethren?

Eye and object,
ear and sound,
nose and scent,
tongue [39] and savour,
body and tangibles,
mind and mind-states, -
that, Brethren, is called a dual.

He who should say:

'Rejecting this dual,
I will proclaim another dual,' -

it would be mere talk on his part,
and when questioned
he could not make good his boast,
and further would come to an ill pass.

Why so?

Because, Brethren, it would be beyond his scope.¹

 

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¹ supra §23