Saṁyutta Nikāya
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35: Saḷāyatana Saṁyutta
Paññāsaka Tatiya
1. Yogakkhemi Vagga
IV. Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
35: Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense The 'Third Fifty' Suttas
1. The Chapter on Winning Security
Sutta 106
Dukkha-Samudaya Suttaṁ
Ill
Thus have I heard:
The Exalted One once staying near Sāvatthī.
Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren."
"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One thus spoke:
"I will teach you, Brethren,
the arising and the destruction of ill.
Do ye listen to it.
And what, Brethren, is the arising of ill?
Owing to eye and objects
arises eye-consciousness.
The [53] coming together of the three is contact.1
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
This is the arising of ill.2
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Owing to ear and sounds
arises ear-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
This is the arising of ill.
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Owing to nose and scents
arises nose-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
This is the arising of ill.
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Owing to tongue and savours
arises tongue-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
This is the arising of ill.
■
Owing to body and tangibles
arises body-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
This is the arising of ill.
■
Owing to mind and mind-states
arises mind-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
This is the arising of ill.
And what, Brethren, is the destruction of ill?|| ||
Owing to eye and objects
arises eye-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
But by the utter passionless ceasing of craving
comes ceasing to be.
By ceasing to be
comes the ceasing of birth.
By the ceasing of birth
comes the ceasing of age and death,
of sorrow and grief,
of woe,
of lamentation
and despair.
This is the ceasing of the whole mass of ill.
This is the destruction of ill.
■
Owing to ear and sounds
arises ear-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
But by the utter passionless ceasing of craving
comes ceasing to be.
By ceasing to be
comes the ceasing of birth.
By the ceasing of birth
comes the ceasing of age and death,
of sorrow and grief,
of woe,
of lamentation
and despair.
This is the ceasing of the whole mass of ill.
This is the destruction of ill.
■
Owing to nose and scents
arises nose-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
But by the utter passionless ceasing of craving
comes ceasing to be.
By ceasing to be
comes the ceasing of birth.
By the ceasing of birth
comes the ceasing of age and death,
of sorrow and grief,
of woe,
of lamentation
and despair.
This is the ceasing of the whole mass of ill.
This is the destruction of ill.
■
Owing to tongue and savours
arises tongue-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
But by the utter passionless ceasing of craving
comes ceasing to be.
By ceasing to be
comes the ceasing of birth.
By the ceasing of birth
comes the ceasing of age and death,
of sorrow and grief,
of woe,
of lamentation
and despair.
This is the ceasing of the whole mass of ill.
This is the destruction of ill.
■
Owing to body and tangibles
arises body-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
But by the utter passionless ceasing of craving
comes ceasing to be.
By ceasing to be
comes the ceasing of birth.
By the ceasing of birth
comes the ceasing of age and death,
of sorrow and grief,
of woe,
of lamentation
and despair.
This is the ceasing of the whole mass of ill.
This is the destruction of ill.
■
Owing to mind and mind-states
arises mind-consciousness.
The coming together of the three is contact.
Conditioned by contact is feeling.
Conditioned by feeling is craving.
But by the utter passionless ceasing of craving
comes ceasing to be.
By ceasing to be
comes the ceasing of birth.
By the ceasing of birth
comes the ceasing of age and death,
of sorrow and grief,
of woe,
of lamentation
and despair.
This is the ceasing of the whole mass of ill.
This is the destruction of ill.
1 M. i, 111; iii, 281.
2 The greater part of K.S. ii deals with this subject.