Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ II: Paññāsaka Dutiya
2. Migajāla Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Second Fifty
2. Migajāla
Sutta 63
Paṭhama Migajālena Suttaɱ
Migajāla 1
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Then the Venerable Migajāla approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, sat down to one side, and said to him:
"Venerable sir, it is said, 'a lone dweller, a lone dweller.'
[36] In what way, venerable sir, is one a lone dweller, and in what way is one dwelling with a partner?"
"There are, Migajāla, forms cognizable by the eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
If a bhikkhu seeks delight in them, welcomes them, and remains holding to them, delight arises.
When there is delight, there is infatuation.
When there is infatuation, there is bondage.
Bound by the fetter of delight, Migajāla, a bhikkhu is called one dwelling with a partner.
"There are, Migajāla, sounds cognizable by the ear ... odours cognizable by the nose ... tastes cognizable by the tongue ... tactile objects cognizable by the body ... mental phenomena cognizable by the mind that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
If a bhikkhu seeks delight in them ... he is called one dwelling with a partner.
"Migajāla, even though a bhikkhu who dwells thus resorts to forests and groves, to remote lodgings where there are few sounds and little noise, desolate, hidden from people, appropriate for seclusion, he is still called one dwelling with a partner.
For what reason?
Because craving is his partner, and he has not abandoned it; therefore he is called one dwelling with a partner.
"There are, Migajāla, forms cognizable by the eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
If a bhikkhu does not seek delight in them, does not welcome them, and does not remain holding to them, delight ceases.
When there is no delight, there is no infatuation.
When there is no infatuation, [37] there is no bondage.
Released from the fetter of delight, Migajāla, a bhikkhu is called a lone dweller.
"There are, Migajāla, sounds cognizable by the ear ... odours cognizable by the nose ... tastes cognizable by the tongue ... tactile objects cognizable by the body ... mental phenomena cognizable by the mind that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, pleasing, sensually enticing, tantalizing.
If a bhikkhu does not seek delight in them ... he is called a lone dweller.
"Migajāla, even though a bhikkhu who dwells thus lives in the vicinity of a village, associating with bhikkhus and bhikkhunīs, with male and female lay followers, with kings and royal ministers, with sectarian teachers and their disciples, he is still called a lone dweller.
For what reason?
Because craving is his partner, and he has abandoned it; therefore he is called a lone dweller."
