SN18:4 Contact
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1… "What do you think, Rahula, is eye-contact … ear-contact … nose-contact … tongue-contact … body-contact … mind-contact permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." …
"Seeing thus, Rahula, the instructed noble disciple experiences revulsion towards eye-contact … revulsion towards mind-contact. Experiencing revulsion, he becomes dispassionate … . sn.ii.247 He understands: ‘… there is no more for this state of being.’"
1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, rāhula, cakkhusamphasso nicco vā anicco vā"ti? "Anicco, bhante" … "sotasamphasso … pe … ghānasamphasso … jivhāsamphasso … kāyasamphasso … manosamphasso nicco vā anicco vā"ti? "Anicco, bhante" …
"evaṁ passaṁ, rāhula, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusamphassasmimpi nibbindati … pe … sotasamphassasmimpi nibbindati … ghānasamphassasmimpi nibbindati … jivhāsamphassasmimpi nibbindati … kāyasamphassasmimpi nibbindati … manosamphassasmimpi nibbindati; nibbindaṁ virajjati … pe … pajānātī"ti.
Catutthaṁ.
