Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhātu-Saṃyuttaṃ
I. Nānatta Vagga Paṭhama
1. Ajjhatta-Pañcakaṃ

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
II. The Book Called the Nidāna-Vagga
Containing Kindred sayings on Cause
and Other Subjects
14. The Kindred Sayings on Element
2. Five (Discourses on) External Element

Sutta 6

Dhātu [Bāhira-Dhātu-Nānatta] Suttaṃ

Element

Translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids
Assisted by F. L. Woodward
Abbreviated passages have been expanded or inserted using the translator's terminology.

Originally Published by
The Pali Text Society
Public Domain

 

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[1][bodh][olds] THUS have I heard.

On a certain occasion the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthi at the Jeta's Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren!"

"Master!" responded those brethren.

The Exalted One said:

I will teach you, brethren, the diversity in elements.

Do ye listen; give your minds thoroughly; I will speak.

What, brethren, is the diversity in elements?

Visible object-element,
sound-element,
odour-element,
taste-element,
tangible-element,
idea-element.

This is called the diversity in elements."