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It is not the case that diverse feelings give rise to diverse contacts.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts. Diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings. Diversity of feelings doesn’t give rise to diversity of contacts. Diversity of contacts doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements. And what is the diversity of elements? The eye element, ear element, nose element, tongue element, body element, and mind element. [Read More]

Diverse contacts give rise to diverse feelings.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts, and diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings. And what is the diversity of elements? The eye element, ear element, nose element, tongue element, body element, and mind element. This is called the diversity of elements. And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of contacts, and diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings? [Read More]

It is not the case that diverse contacts give rise to the diverse elements of sense experience.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts. Diversity of contacts doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements. And what is the diversity of elements? The eye element, ear element, nose element, tongue element, body element, and mind element. This is called the diversity of elements. And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of contacts, while diversity of contacts doesn’t give rise to diversity of elements? [Read More]

The diverse internal elements of sense experience give rise to diverse contacts.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts. And what is the diversity of elements? The eye element, ear element, nose element, tongue element, body element, and mind element. This is called the diversity of elements. And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of contacts? The eye element gives rise to eye contact. [Read More]

The senses function due to the various different elements of sense experience, namely, the internal sense organ, the external sense stimulus, and consciousness.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, I will teach you the diversity of elements. Listen and pay close attention, I will speak.” “Yes, sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: “And what is the diversity of elements? The eye element, sight element, and eye consciousness element. The ear element, sound element, and ear consciousness element. [Read More]

For someone who has seen the truth, the suffering eliminated is like the Sineru, king of mountains; what remains is like seven bits of gravelAt Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, suppose a person was to place down on Sineru, the king of mountains, seven pebbles the size of mung beans. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the seven pebbles the size of mung beans, or Sineru, the king of mountains?” “Sir, Sineru, the king of mountains, is certainly more. [Read More]

For someone who has seen the truth, the suffering eliminated is like the Himalayas; what remains is like seven bits of gravel.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, suppose the Himalayas, the king of mountains, was worn away and eroded except for seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the portion of the Himalayas, the king of mountains, that has been worn away and eroded, or the seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds that are left? [Read More]

For someone who has seen the truth, the suffering eliminated is like the Himalayas; what remains is like seven bits of gravel.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, suppose a person was to place seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds on the Himalayas, the king of mountains. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds, or the Himalayas, the king of mountains?” “Sir, the Himalayas, the king of mountains, is certainly more. [Read More]

For someone who has seen the truth, the suffering eliminated is like the water in the ocean; what remains is like a few drops.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, suppose the water in the ocean dried up and evaporated except for two or three drops. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated, or the two or three drops left?” “Sir, the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated is certainly more. [Read More]

For someone who has seen the truth, the suffering eliminated is like the water in the ocean; what remains is like a few drops.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, suppose a man was to draw up two or three drops of water from the ocean. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the two or three drops drawn out or the water in the ocean?” “Sir, the water in the ocean is certainly more. [Read More]