Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ III: Paññāsaka Tatiya
5. Nava-Purāṇa Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Saḷāyatana-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
35. Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense
§ III: The 'Third Fifty' Suttas
5. The Chapter on 'New and Old'
Sutta 151
'Kim Atthiya?' Suttaṃ
To What Purpose?
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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Once the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren."
"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One thus spake:
"Brethren, if the Wanderers who hold other views
should thus question you:
'What is it, friend,
for which the righteous life is lived
under Gotama the recluse?'
Thus questioned, Brethren,
thus should ye explain it
to those Wanderers who hold other views: -
'It is for the full understanding of ill, friend,
that the righteous life is lived
under Gotama the recluse.'
And if, Brethren, those Wanderers question you further:
'What is that ill, friend,
fully to understand which
the righteous life is lived
under Gotama the recluse?'
thus questioned,
thus should ye explain it to them: -
'The eye, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Objects, friend, are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Eye-consciousness, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Eye-contact, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
The weal or woe or neutral states experienced
that arise owing to eye-contact, -
those also are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
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The ear, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Sounds, friend, are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Ear-consciousness, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Ear-contact, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
The weal or woe or neutral states experienced
that arise owing to ear-contact, -
those also are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
■
The nose, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Scents, friend, are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Nose-consciousness, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Nose-contact, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
The weal or woe or neutral states experienced
that arise owing to nose-contact, -
those also are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
■
The tongue, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Savours, friend, are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Tongue-consciousness, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Tongue-contact, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
The weal or woe or neutral states experienced
that arise owing to tongue-contact, -
those also are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
■
The body, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Tangibles, friend, are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Body-consciousness, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Body-contact, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
The weal or woe or neutral states experienced
that arise owing to body-contact, -
those also are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
■
The mind, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Mind-states, friend, are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Mind-consciousness, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
Mind-contact, friend, is ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.
The weal or woe or neutral states experienced
that arise owing to mind-contact, -
those also are ill.
For fully understanding that,
the righteous life is lived.'
■
Thus questioned, Brethren,
thus should ye explain it
to those Wanderers who hold other views."
