Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
26. Uppāda Saṃyutta
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and other Subjects
26. Kindred Sayings on Genesis
Sutta 9
Dhātu Suttaṃ
Element
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] Thus have I heard:
The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren!"
"Master!" responded those brethren.
The Exalted One said:
"Brethren, the arising,
the establishing,
the rebirth,
the appearing of the element of earth, -
this is the arising of suffering,
the establishing of diseases,
the appearing of decay-and-death.
The arising,
the establishing,
the rebirth,
the appearing of the element of water, -
this is the arising of suffering,
the establishing of diseases,
the appearing of decay-and-death.
The arising,
the establishing,
the rebirth,
the appearing of the element of heat, -
this is the arising of suffering,
the establishing of diseases,
the appearing of decay-and-death.
The arising,
the establishing,
the rebirth,
the appearing of the element of air, -
this is the arising of suffering,
the establishing of diseases,
the appearing of decay-and-death.
The arising,
the establishing,
the rebirth,
the appearing of the element of space, -
this is the arising of suffering,
the establishing of diseases,
the appearing of decay-and-death.
The arising,
the establishing,
the rebirth,
the appearing of the element of consciousness, -
this is the arising of suffering,
the establishing of diseases,
the appearing of decay-and-death.
§
Moreover, brethren, the ceasing,
the calming,
the coming to an end of the element of earth, -
that is the ceasing of suffering,
the calming of disease,
the coming to an end of decay-and-death.
The ceasing,
the calming,
the coming to an end of the element of water,
the calming of disease,
the coming to an end of decay-and-death.
The ceasing,
the calming,
the coming to an end of the element of heat, -
that is the ceasing of suffering,
the calming of disease,
the coming to an end of decay-and-death.
The ceasing,
the calming,
the coming to an end of the element of air, -
that is the ceasing of suffering,
the calming of disease,
the coming to an end of decay-and-death.
The ceasing,
the calming,
the coming to an end of the element of space, -
that is the ceasing of suffering,
the calming of disease,
the coming to an end of decay-and-death.
The ceasing,
the calming,
the coming to an end of the element of consciousness, -
that is the ceasing of suffering,
the calming of disease,
the coming to an end of decay-and-death."
