Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ IV: Paññāsaka Catuttha
3. Samudda Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Fourth Fifty
3. The Ocean
Sutta 195 [WP: #236]
Paṭhama Hattha-Pād'Upamā Suttaɱ
The Simile of Hands and Feet 1
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[1][pts] "Bhikkhus, when there are hands, picking up and putting down are discerned.
When there are feet, coming and going are discerned.
When there are limbs, bending and stretching are discerned.
When there is the belly, hunger and thirst are discerned.
"So too, bhikkhus, when there is the eye, pleasure and pain arise internally with eye-contact as condition.
When there is the ear, pleasure and pain arise internally with ear-contact as condition. ...
When there is the mind, pleasure and pain arise internally with mind-contact as condition.
"When, bhikkhus, there are no hands, picking up and putting down are not discerned.
When there are no feet, coming and going are not discerned.
When there are no limbs, bending and stretching are not discerned.
When there is no belly, hunger and thirst are not discerned.
"So too, bhikkhus, when there is no eye, [172] no pleasure and pain arise internally with eye-contact as condition.
When there is no ear, no pleasure and pain arise internally with ear-contact as condition. ...
When there is no mind, no pleasure and pain arise internally with mind-contact as condition."
