SN 35.84 Wearing Out – Palokadhammasutta

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SN 35.84 Wearing Out – Palokadhammasutta

Linked Discourses 35.84 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.84

9. With Channa – 9. Channavagga

SN 35.84 Wearing Out – Palokadhammasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘the world’.

“‘Loko, loko’ti, bhante, vuccati.

How is the world defined?”

Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, lokoti vuccatī”ti?

“Ānanda, that which wears out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.

“Yaṁ kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, ayaṁ vuccati ariyassa vinaye loko.

And what wears out?

Kiñca, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ?

The eye wears out. Sights … eye consciousness … eye contact wears out. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact also wears out.

Cakkhu kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, rūpā palokadhammā, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, cakkhusamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā …pe… tampi palokadhammaṁ …pe…

The ear … nose … tongue … body …

jivhā palokadhammā, rasā palokadhammā, jivhāviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, jivhāsamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā …pe… tampi palokadhammaṁ …pe…

The mind … thoughts … mind consciousness … mind contact wears out. The painful, pleasant, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact also wears out.

mano palokadhammo, dhammā palokadhammā, manoviññāṇaṁ palokadhammaṁ, manosamphasso palokadhammo, yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi palokadhammaṁ.

That which wears out is called the world in the training of the Noble One.”

Yaṁ kho, ānanda, palokadhammaṁ, ayaṁ vuccati ariyassa vinaye loko”ti.